Year: 2017
Country: US
City: Syracuse
Label: Hex
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 16
Time: 32 min.
Lyrical themes: social issues, politics
Genre: rock
Style: Grindcore
It’s always nice to see that cover art isn’t a dying detail in today’s
downloading-obsessed times, and this latest from grind/hardcore guys Ed
Gein entices with not only an excellent album title, but very cool art
as well — showing humans with Mack trucks as heads. This New York-based
trio are armed with a political lyrical edge to boot, which helps give
an extra push to their tunes. With an equally skilled take on grind,
hardcore, punk and sludge, Ed Gein tend to keep their songs short and
sadistically violent. (The band’s motto, after all, is "Go fast!”) With
all three members singing, the urgency of the frantic music is escalated
into realms of AmRep-style noise rock and angry punk; while no one
player sticks out as being particularly proficient on his instrument,
the three no doubt gel together perfectly. With cool, angular, driving
bass lines keeping the rhythm underneath the noise, this never
degenerates into something too unhinged; although the listener would be
hard-pressed to remember one of these songs when all is said done, it
still resembles music. Somehow managing to pay homage to both Unsane and
Napalm Death at once. The band's lyrics, primarily written by bassist
Aaron Jenkins, are politically charged and features social commentary,
on topics including racism, sexism, homophobia, animal liberation, etc.
this bass-heavy, extremely cathartic release is highly recommended.
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