1) Fracaso - s/t 7" (2012)
Raw and simple d-beat from Venezuela. On first listen I was underwhelmed, but reading the lyrics and explanation on the insert in my shitty Spanish and poring over the simple pen and ink drawings on the cover, the vitality and importance of the act of making hc like this in a place like Venezuela is so evident and powerful. "Pregunta por direccion fisica, nos estamos moviendo constantemente." Not obfuscating bluster, but the real outcome of writing a war haiku in the Global South. Not quite as good as the Atentado 7" ("No Necesita Tus Reglas" is a mixtape staple and my fave song of the 2000s, probably. Am I the only superfan of this record?), but what is? 2) Beaver - s/t 7" (1981)
"Video Disease" would be a perfect song without the reggae part. What other 82 hc songs are like this? There must be a million. I can think of so many 77 punk LPs that would be perfect without the dub. Generation X s/t comes to mind first, obv. Inflammable Material too.
3) Pyhakoulu/Abortti 13 split 7" (1984)
Pyhakoulu is up there with Indirekt "Ik Wilde Leven" for female-fronted Euro hc with bass way too funky and loud in the mix that somehow still works. This record and Kaaos "Sota on Tulossa" off the Systeemi Ei Toimi comp are my Finnish hc discoveries of the year. That Kaaos song is SO GOOD! I mean, I love Kaaos, how do you make a guitar sound like that?
4) Autoclave - Go Far 7" (1991)
"I'll Take You Down" over and over. Fuck this band for making me want to buy a 10".
Maybe I'll write soon about the Cremalleras s/t LP cuz I fucking love it. Also digging V-3 - Negotiate Nothing, Wildhoney 7", Frau demo tape, this song...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_l_5tmqYx0
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