Silver Screams - Creep Joint Scratch (2014)

 I usually don't quote one sheets or band bios but this one is worth it as it actually sums up the band due to being written by the band rather than a publicist.  "Silver Screams is a punk rock and roll band from Boston, MA.  Like it nihilistic?  How about three aging punkers playing the best music they know how to nobody, with no career aspirations, zero street cred and no greater point whatsoever.  It's a power trio screaming into a void before they die, because they're not dead yet.  They have jobs and families and the whole thing is very nearly a waste of time.

Whatever.  Every single one of us is going to die and Silver Screams is going to play some killer sets before it all goes down in flames."

I love that attitude.  There's a big love of early English punk here as the band's name is taken from a song by The Damned.  There's a mixture of punk and post-punk that is highly reminiscent of UK Subs "Endangered Species" album."The Evidence" will put a huge smile on fans of the UK Subs more anthemic material.   There's a nice and sleazy Stranglers bassline that opens "Climbing Mt Rumpke" which has a 999 meeting Dischord bounce-along feel to it.  If I was forced to pick the best song on this five song release "Climbing Mt Rumpke" would be my choice.

That they got The Descendents artist, Chris Shary to do their artwork is more points in Silver Screams' favour.  You can buy their CD and MP3's from their bandcamp site(linked below) but be quick if you want a CD as they're limited to 50 copies.

3.5/5



http://silverscreams.bandcamp.com/album/creep-joint-scratch


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Devo - Pioneers ...Disc 2

Here's Disc 2 of Devo's Pioneers who got scalped. Unlike the first disc, it's a patchy affair of material that was new at the time and old hidden treasures. To be honest, I was a little disappointed by this disc. I'd love to hear your take on this disc versus the first disc or even what you think of their new platter versus the older albums. Yeah, I'm fishing for comments so the link is in the comments section.

Oh no! It's Devo

I don't know if you know or not that there's an enjoyable new Devo out there in the music shop shelves. My review of the new album can be read here. Here's an the first disc of an out of print Anthology. Many of the songs on the first CD will be familiar to those who are in the know with Devo as it contains a number of the "hits".


Here.

You'll download anything

Step 1: Start an Mp3 blog.
Step 2: Get CD's.
Step 3: Ensure CD's are new and will be popular.
Step 4: Upload or rip off file from another blog.
Step 5: Put up a picture of the album.
Step 6: Think about writing something about the album.
Step 7: Realize writing, reading and leaving blog comments are for idiots because people will download anything like this 6 song Dead Milkmen CD single.

In no time, you will have 1 billion readers.

Beelzebubba

No Man - Whamon Express

Here's more stuff from SST. This duo featuring Roger Miller, who's better known for his work with Mission of Burma, and Andrew Deckard couldn't be further removed from the likes of Black Flag and Saint Vitus if they had dug a hole to the other side of the world. No Man is heavy on keyboards and closer in spirit to early 80's new wave bands such as The Comsat Angels than most of the other music coming out in the beginning of the nineties.

Ride the Express