 Union
13
"Symptoms of Humanity" CD
Disaster
Records
Genres: punk, punk rock
Disaster Records
PO Box 7112
Burbank CA 91510
Mar 29 - Apr 4 2004 |
Union 13, reduced to a trio after the departure of lead singer Edward
Escoto, have reunited for their Disaster Records debut, Symptoms
of Humanity. This album boasts fifteen fast-paced, angry
tunes - filled with mad, frequently political, sometimes
Spanish-language lyrics. If you dig typical, vicious punk music
- heavily influenced by Bad Religion - then you can't go wrong
with this disc. Though nothing here is groundbreaking, Union
13 play very tight, impressively melodic songs that are recorded
crisply and performed with reckless precision.
Most of these songs sound very similar, but their subject matter
varies. "No Borders, No Boundaries" takes on the
modern world's reliance on nation-states and the problems it breeds;
the topic has been done to death, though Union 13 handle it
with intelligence and spirit. "Now Days," on the other
hand, tackles the issue of government corruption and brutality - once
again, not a new idea, but one that should appeal to those who follow
the genre. As is the case with most new punk albums, Symptoms
of Humanity is strictly a genre thing - if you don't like it, you
won't enjoy this; if you do, you probably will.
84%
Matt Shimmer
[Vitals: 15 tracks, distributed by Bomp!, released 2003] |
