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If you've been around this page a bit you probably know that I'm fond of
the Kansas City hardcore punk scene and I've written enthusiastic reviews
about
Loss Prevention,
Beta Boys / Electric Chair
and
D.Y.E... well D.Y.E is dead but came back under the name of
Total Sham (an expression widely used by the right wing media to
describe the last US presidential election if I'm not mistaken) and that's
what I'm going to briefly talk about today.
Yes I really enjoyed D.Y.E last year tape, I actually enjoyed it
so much that I included it in my
year end's top list
so I was utterly excited when I understood that Total Sham was
nothing less than D.Y.E!
So no surprises here, these nine new tracks are in the pure lineage of
the 2021 tape: mean and ugly furious hardcore punk! These guys are really
good at making you feel a strong mix of rage and disgust for the modern
world: Total Sham are your dirty fingernails scraping your sore
throat when you force yourself to vomit all the disgusting goon / cheap
beer that you and your loser buddies have ingurgitated all
evening...
Mostly fast-paced, Total Sham tracks can also have heavy and dirty
mosh parts that feel like kicks in the guts while you're puking blood in
fetal position, lying in the mud. Definitely a "feel good" record!
In my November post about D.Y.E I mentioned
Glib
and
Discovery, some aspects also make me think of the less power violence-influenced
band from John Cardwell from Portland:
Suck Lords. There is the same kind of sloppy "I don't give a fuck" attitude in the
way it's played and the way the anger and rage are displayed literally all
over the place. To a lesser extent I can also think of
The Bug
from Chicago who've managed to take the mess to an even higher
level.
You got my point anyway, if you're into dirty, sloppy and mean as fuck US
hardcore punk, this is exactly what you're looking for.
N,J'Oi!
You can listen to Total Sham on RAF#35.
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