Dirt Cult Records just released the cassette EP of this new project and it's already lodged in my brain so hard that I'm hardly able to think about anything else! When I first started listening to these songs, clouds gathered, tornado sirens began to cry out in the background, and the windows started to shake! This band has unleashed the unmerciful fists of the gods upon us and they're laying waste to the mountains and the seas. Apparently this band began as a one man project from Dave P of Night Court. But he soon realized that one man could not wield the power these songs contained so he quickly called reinforcements Emilor (also of Night Court) and Taylor of Unfun on drums.
The 6 tracks on this EP are all minimalist production, fuzz coated punk rock with some movie sampling tossed in here and there and some Drive Like Jehu feedback circling around. All the unnecessary weight of these songs has been shed for maximum velocity to effectively pierce the dura mater of your brain. Physicalist fall somewhere between contemporary bands like Pyrex or Puffer if they had been on Dischord Records in the 1980's and chased with a high dose of pure anxiety. These tunes are hard hitting, sledge hammer punk rock but that's still quick and nimble like a trained assassin armed only with knives.The opening riff to the first song "Annihilation so Banal" reveals everything you need to know about the coming storm. It's at cobra strike tempo, tightly coiled and reminiscent of something you'd hear on a an early Wire or Swell Maps song. But then the drums and bass kick in an that's when the wrecking ball begins to swing.I hope we get more of this band soon and maybe a vinyl release down the road. I think 5 songs from this band is about all a small fragile cassette can contain within its frame.
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