Benalto
"The Haunted House EP" CDR
Failure Records
Genre: DIY punk
Failure Records
c/o Luddite Enterprises
P.O. Box 326
Daysland AB
Canada
T0B1A0
April 2006 |
Alberta's Benalto are purveyors of pure, DIY punk. This EP
blows past quickly and noisily at first, running through three
ridiculous quickies ranging in length from forty seconds to a minute
twenty seven before dragging things out for a nearly ten minute finale
and a slew of bonus tracks. The production values are as terrible as
would be expected, and the musicianship is accordingly bare-bones. If
you're into brash songs with offensive lyrics ("Saw you sitting on the
bus/I watched the drool fall from your lips/I watched your cute
retarded walk/I watched your hot retarded lips/fuck you like a
retard") this will be right up your alley. If you're more into
experimentation, that's covered too - "French Canadian Death Camp" is
a drawn-out, largely-improved romp through chaotic guitars and bruised
vocals. The bonus tracks are actually several covers, a welcome
inclusion as they happen to be the most accessible (trust me, that
word is relative) songs on this disc.
MP3 (from failurerecords.no-ip.com):
Haunted House
70%
Matt Shimmer
[Vitals: 4 tracks + a
bunch hidden, distributed by
the label, released 2001] |