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!"
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