Sunday 20 January 2013

The Loud Residents

Layers of fuzz, feedback-drenched echo, drums that BOOM like a sledgehammer at the bottom of a grain silo, these kids (#hephephep) from Malaga sound like they've been told to go make a noise all their lives. Maybe they'll mellow, hopefully they won't - either way 'Savagexplosive Girl' sounds like The Ramones produced by Phil Spector (oh, wait) and 'Mafia' starts like vintage Alice Cooper before giving way to a railroad riff of foundation-shaking dimensions. The drums on 'Fuck The System!' appear to be at the point of detonation. All six tracks have a momentum that sweeps away any over-thinking. With music as raw as this, life seems simpler - The Loud Residents - don't go changing!