recess#83 SHARKPANTS "porno snakehead" CD $10ppd
LP$8 (3 songs NOT on CD!)
Theres
something going down in Tuscon. Some of the most overlooked bands are
there right as i type. Desperation & heat can drive people fukn crazy
to the brink of total gnarlyness sending them home from the bank with
nothing but a negative balanced statement and a shitty toaster. Luckily
bands like SHARK PANTS get together and channel it all thru amps. Members
of SWING DING AMIGOS & THE BLACKS. |
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fellas in the Knockout Pills have been blathering in my ear about
local band Shark Pants ("the best punk band in Tucson, hands down,"
sez guitarist Travis Spillers), and now I know why.The band's debut
album, Porno Snakehead, out this week on San Pedro, Calif.'s Recess
Records, is the sound of three gotta-be-snortin'-the-meth desert ne'er-do-wells
charging through nine songs of blissful speed-punk in just over 15
minutes.The problem I have with most punk bands obsesses with speed
is that they're so preoccupied with it that they forget to write memorable
songs. Not so with Shark Pants. The group--singer/guitarist Isaac,
bassist Vannessa and drummer Dick--is the rare band that'll have you
shaking your head when the album's over, wondering what the hell just
hit you, then five seconds later, you realize you're already humming
one of the songs you just heard. In other words, they write killer
melodies--they just play 'em faster than you tiny brain can comprehend
them. Fuck "power trio" -these two men and a lady are a nuclear bomb.
Shark Pants celebrate the release of Porno Snakehead with a CD Release
Party on Saturday Nov. 15, at Vaudeville Cabaret, 110 E. Congress
St.The punkstravaganza kicks off around 9 p.m. with opening sets from
the band's labelmates Toys That Kill, Civic Minded Five, San Pedro's
Killer Dreamer and local powerhouse Hobart. Admission is cheap.--Stephen
Seigel --Tucson Weekly |
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