Violent Reaction

Adult Crash here and taking the lead on this entry. Over the weekend I received a call from Malvo who was acting like a raving lunatic about some record that he just got in the mail. He sounded like one of my kids on a sugar high. The record that had him bouncing off the walls was the new Violent Reaction LP that Revelation Records put out. I was bombarded with "dude, you gotta hear this record!" over and over again. Now, before I let him give his two cents about this LP, I will give my own.

First off, I like the front and back cover photos to the album. (I happen to be a fan of black and white photos.) The insert is okay, it has the essentials lyrics, thank you's and a live shot. Oh and he was lucky enough to get it on orange vinyl. That record collecting nerd is giddy about that. Anyway, I give the packaging a thumbs up.

Onto the music...Wow. These guys have the 80's sound down pat and the vocals remind me of Negative Approach. This thing starts off with a killer intro that goes full force into the second song and the fury doesn't stop. I'm impressed. I don't know much about these guys but this record is kick ass. I think my favorite song on here is Bored To Death, but every song on here just rips shit up!  In his rabid craze, Malvo informed me that they had just come through D.C. recently and that we could've gone to see them. Ah well, next time. I may have to steal Malvo's download code before he puts it on his computer...

Malvo here, let me burst his bubble right now. I already downloaded that code. Get your own you bum!

Anyway, Adult Crash exaggerates. I was not behaving like some loon because of a record. I may have been really stoked on this thing because it felt like I had been grabbed by the throat and thrown around my living room. Like Crash said, this thing is good. Fucking better than good! My favorite song is "War" and I probably listened to it like 30 times in a row. But songs like "Leave Me Out" and "Bored To Death" make me wanna X up and go straight edge. Seriously, this album reminds me of my youth. I remember hearing the first two Minor Threat ep's and being so blown away that I almost went straight edge. (Thank god I didn't, because I would've done it for all the wrong reasons.) I sort of had the same feeling after reading the lyrics to this record. All you straight edge kids are gonna love this band/album. Take my word for it.

Unfortunately, my girlfriend doesn't share my enthusiasm about this fantastic piece of wax. I was blasting this in my car and she just looked at me and shook her head and said "No." Apparently, she would rather listen to "Happy" by Pharrell. I may have to re-evaluate our relationship...

THIS MEANS WAR!

D.C.S.