recess#79 RIVETHEAD "the cheap wine of youth" 12"EP $6ppd
The
delay of this was not my fault! ok just wanted to try a new way to describe
Recess releases. Besides that i easily tell you that this 6 song bastard
is terribly refreshing. you wont find any bogus "rock n roll baby"
shit here boy! If Dillinger 4 was heaven and Screeching Weasel were hell
(or visa versa of course) then Rivethead would be on earth. Unbasterdize
this one and give it a home,name it what you want,feed it your attention,take
off your belt and...ok i'll shut up. up. |
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RIVETHEAD:
The Cheap Wine of Youth: 12" EP
This issue's* cover band, and this bad boy is part of the reason.
I'll admit it right here, I love pop punk, from Stiff Little Fingers
and the Buzzcocks to Love Songs for the Retarded-era Queers and I
celebrate a good portion of the Screeching Weasel catalog, but I have
to concede that I was hearing few worthy torchbearers or upgrades
in the 2000s. (Joe King, what's the title of your next song? "Fuck
fuck cunt fuck fuck fuck?" The well is dry. Go fish.) Rivethead not
only have the irresistible melodies and the smart-as-a-baton-across-the-mouth
lyrics while not taking themselves too seriously, they've got an ace
in the hole. They sound relevant, like they're actually struggling
and fucking up in the world at large, not just complaining that Wednesday's
deli tray wasn't supposed to have olives with pimentos or such minutia-laden
crap a lot of pop punk has bottomed out in. I've had a head start
on this EP. The band gave me a burn of it about six months ago and
it's been on constant play ever since. Recommendations don't come
any higher from me. (Thumbs up to Recess, too, for pressing this on
the more expensive, often overlooked, but clearly superior 12" 45
format.) Todd Taylor/razorcake
magazine * Razorcake#19 |
WEBSITE
www.rivetheadpunk.com
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