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Hi Sorry State fam! As always, I hope everyone is doing well and feeling good. Sorry State has unfortunately been hit upside the head a few times with some shit this week. Sickness, soreness, and a car accident. Not my story to tell, and so glad she is ok, but that is a traumatic event. So, much love and hope for a speedy recovery to Daniel’s wife, Jet.
And Jeff was/is still sick! Not sure yet if he’s doing better. But glad to hear he partied his ass off and had a lot of fun on tour beforehand. I feel like I shouldn’t even complain. But I will. So I dropped an 8 lb. dumbbell on my foot Wednesday. It was “only” a two foot drop or so, but I collapsed in total shock by this unfamiliar type of pain. I was certain it was broken or fractured, but it wasn’t. The pain went away kinda fast and even after standing on it at work all day, it was fine. I wasn’t prepared to be fine, because I’ve heard you can break or fracture your foot if you drop a roll of toilet paper on it, let alone a weight. Ok moving on. Too much talk about feet can invite some weirdness, haha.
Changing gears. So, I was instantly hooked on the Remote Control S/T EP released by Under Heat Records and Under the Gun Records. You guessed it, another Melbourne gem. Perhaps you’ve heard of Ishka Edmeades? A Sydney artist known for his many projects, including Set-Top Box, Satanic Togas, G.T.R.R.C, Gee Tee, and Research Reactor Corp. He also recorded the smash hit, The Worst of… Itchy and the Nits LP. I ate that shit up and so did many of you. Come to find out he’s added Remote Control S/T to the resume.
Four songs in five minutes. A whirlwind of fast, noisy, gritty, manic, bold, and abrasive garage punk, but without burying the melody and catchy beats. A gritty blast of frenzied maniacal hardcore is unleashed immediately before you can catch your breath and untangle it, let alone explain it. Riffs from the left, riffs from the right. Everywhere a riff riff. They come at you like swords, and almost as sharp!
The vocals are garage in style, but snarling and relentless, which is how every instrument is approached. It’s a funnel cloud of cutting riffs, spacey and abrasive synth, with lots of electronic experimentation. The EP is fast-tempo start to finish with no real shifts aside from fast to faster to fast to faster. I lied. There is a slower track called Everyone Sucks??? That’s not a question, but the name of the song. And there’s a weird closing track I can’t really explain. We’ll call it experimental, when in doubt. My favorite is the second track, Everyone is the Same. It totally knocks my socks off. And the catchy riffs and straightforward beat on The Stain is something I typically gravitate toward. Such a good one.
Grab this one if you like your chaos, catchy! Thanks for reading and have a great long weekend! Until next time.
-Angela