mercredi 28 avril 2021

Crotch Rot

 


Another short one today about this young band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, whose online information is unfortunately quite scarce.
Call them rude, call them highly offensive, call them what the fuck you want, Crotch Rot (to not be mistaken with the Brazilian grindcore band, the 80s metal band from NYC and the crust/punk/metal band from Sacramento bearing the same name... you can of course forget all that stuff and treat yourself with the Chronic Sick's song) is a band with an attitude. But let them describe themselves: "Shitty riot thirl punk. We eat men. Subtle, classy, ladylike, nuanced, mellow." Yes you got it, a lot of Riot Grrrl influences, a strong Queercore attitude and a taste for clown costumes... sounds interesting right?...
 



Sucker Cunt is, I guess, the band's digital demo and very first recording. It was released on bandcamp early March and features this cool Jackie Kolifrath artwork that fits the "fuck you" feminist punk attitude the band has clearly decided to embrace.
 A cover that immediately gives a certain "smell" to the record, now let's see how it sounds.
 
  Crotch Rot deliver seven very provocative mid-tempo songs midway between low-fi teenage punk and raw Riot Grrrl (a less grungy version of Babes in Toyland / Bikini Kill ?). It got this strong taste of a young band demo, it sounds like everybody just picked up some random instruments a couple of months ago with a strong urge to spit to the face of all kind of establishment (isn't it like all young bands start?). So yes it's hesitant, it's a bit messy, it's pretty basic but really... who cares? You've listened to the first Bikini Kill release right?
 
A bit like what Critter delivered a few months ago (with a less teenage vibe though) or what a more "american" version of Sniffany & The Nits (the vocals immediately made me think of the Brighton band) could sound like, Crotch Rot is in the lineage of groups clearly marked by a certain feminist/queer philosophy and is far from reinventing a rather well-established concept but on the contrary seems quite credible in the continuity of a "fight", or at least of a cause, which will probably always be relevant. And that's what Punk can (should?) be.

The meters of energy, radicalism and willingness to make a change are all at their peak and I'm sure the band will use all of it to improve and deliver more (and better) killer punk tracks in the very near future.
Get your ears ready for more...

"I just wanna be a whore!"
 
 
 
 
 
 
  You can listen to Crotch Rot on Rien à Faire #21.

 
  
 
 

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