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FLASH’S debut album is an unassuming hi-energy primitive punk breath of fresh air. Hailing from all over the Gipuzkoan coast their debut LP is far from being the members first rodeo, with too many bands and activities to bore you with. FLASH comes at you as a fully formed band who know what they want and know how to get it.
Sonically FLASH takes equally from their local legends LA PERRERA, fuckwave visionary MOPO MOGO, the pop-edge hardcore of ZERO BOYS, and the weird punk to come out of the Midwest in the last few years to create a truly magic record without a second of filler. With lyrics sung in both Spanish and their basque fishing hometown slang their attitude comes across loud and clear. Monotony, authority, armies of has-beens, and conformist punks get a pounding, while self-doubt, anxiety, and an ode to our dear punk also get a lyric share. All-in-all eleven tracks of radical, critical, wild and humble timeless punk rock which will leave you wanting more with each play.
FLASH LP was recorded and mixed by Aritz Aranburu who besides playing guitar and writing some of the lyrics also took care of the album design with mastering by Maxime Smadja.
Our take: When I first dropped the needle on this Flash album, my first thought was, “La Vida Es Un Mus released an egg punk record?” There’s no denying Flash’s jittery drum machine rhythms and underwater guitar sound resembles bands like Prison Affair, Liquids, and Coneheads, but as you might expect, there’s a lot more going on than your bargain basement Coneheads homage. While that distinctive production style gives the tracks a unified feel, this album shows off a range of different approaches, from chaotic hardcore like “Incontrolable” (my favorite song on the record) to straight up pop-punk that is almost as gooey sweet as early Blink 182. Flash sounds at home with all these styles, bringing an unhinged feel to everything that reminds me of early 80s Italian hardcore. I like the record’s sequencing, too, which groups together similar tracks and moves you from the egg punk-y opening part of the record through a more hardcore section in the middle, then finishing up with the two most melodic tracks, “Herri Hau” and “Querido Punk.” If the idea of Negazione mashed up with the Coneheads sounds appealing to you, give this a try… it’s original enough to grab your attention and interesting enough to hold it.