Hacked Ruff & Shoulder Mane, The

Hipster rock from Columbus Ohio, angular no-wavey dissonant driving rock, all the right usage of noise and synths. Fans of James Chance and the Contortions, XTC, The Fall, Scratch Acid, Gang of Four, Ex Models, The Fucking Ocean, Dog Faced Hermans, take note. While definitely derivative it still comes across fresh, spontaneous and the genuine article. Good stuff.

1) James Chance No-Wave dissont funk art wave, with cool synth solo near end
2) upbeat marching total nod to The Fall, with female vocs, subtle noise at end
3) driving rock, new wave meets Scratch Acid, with a hand-held tape recorder/feedback noise fest at the end
4) upbeat, noise rock, Contortions
5) noise: hand held tape recording of whats probably a practice jam, treated at end
6) somewhat more indie rock feel, still noisey with the effects and desperate voc
7) female vocs, more chill near plain indie pop
8) urgent but swallowed beat, minor spy feel, new wavey pogo’ing
9) noisey epic intro to something that feels like Wire at first but then plain good rockin, with a shift midway to upbeat no-wave, then back to a lovely dissonant hip swinging rock beat
10) fun driving beat, pop, whiffs of XTC, track ends with 2:20 remaining, then with 3 seconds left theres a cough, a stupid cough. Why do bands do stupid shit like that? Goddamn if the “hidden track” wasn’t over in 1994