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  CF046Long Player  £11.00

Jody Watley

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On the tail of their breakout second LP 'Midnight Passenger' Memphisbased punk cyclone ExCult delivers a brand new batch of bruisers Chris Shaw lends a sneering spitting toughness to the proceedings while the band flays riffs in loose hairy moshinducing menace behind him touching on postpunk psych sprawl and early'80s hardcore while remaining beholden to none They have the power to convert even the most jaded and bored concertgoer into a sweaty mess in the pit Punks skate rats scenesters skinheads hardcore kids druggies so many disparate groups dig this band it's like an MRR cartoon waiting to happen The adrenalenhancers on 'Cigarette Machine' are road warriors already having been honed on the band's recent tour that no doubt laid waste to a town nearby The only problem with this sterling batch of sluggers is that it's over too quick