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What’s up Sorry Skaters?
It’s been a solid week at Sorry State International Headquarters. When I end up getting through with picking orders, I’ve been putting together the Savageheads: Service to Your Country records and I know a lot of y’all are gonna be wanting to get a copy. It’s definitely one of those albums that you won’t get bored with revisiting it often and come on... are we in any kind of excess of bands who worship The Partisans? That’s a hard argument to make.
This week I’m going with 3D and the Holograms S/T LP for my staff pick. Who isn’t a sucker for blisteringly fast high hat hits? It seems impossible to play the hi hats as fast as JJ. I mean it’s approaching the AK-47 speed. We got Bill on vox with what sounds like just the right amount of effects. Also, I really like how on the back of the cover when it is listing members, there is JJ, TV and then just Bill... Shout out to Bill and all the Herberts out there! Your name doesn’t have to be Asstoilet or Fredastairesasshole or Therighttoeatfredastairesasshole. Follow your dreams… anyway this record is killer and I love that they take a chance on getting really weird with the 6th track titled 3D Theme. It sounds like punk that got digitized/transformed for a 32 bit video game in which the main character must conquer the challenge of finding all the half full cans of beer at parties that people have forgotten about. I’d play that game and then defend myself by denying there being any nostalgic feelings there. Moving on, this LP also reminded me to revisit Tarantula’s S/T 7" from 2017 just because of the crazy fast hi hats. Love that record. As far as lyrics go, they make me think of Maniac by G.B.H. Here are a few excerpts from different songs that all share some sort of central theme: “He’s loud, he’s tough, he’s so obscene” “He cries and fights n kills” “He severs your hands” “His brain’s a piss drenched slimey ball” “He can’t see he can’t think, He’ll end your life if you blink”. It’s like if Maniac was fleshed out over half a record, but stupid fast. Brilliant. Anyways, that’s all I got for all of you this week. Hope everyone is drinking life’s cup and enjoying it. See ya next week!