Monday, January 22, 2007

Witch Hats - Wound of a Little Horse EP

Yeah, I know it's 2007 know but I'm so not ready for it; far too many great 2006 releases still to suck in. Luckily it's January and no-one really releases much at this time of year.

Witch Hats - Wound of a Little Horse EP

Witch Hats are way scary 'n' shit, mainly cause of Kris Buscombe's vocals. How creepy's this, from Ma Birthday: "I'm currently President of the Alphington Junior Football Club/ I'll have a kick with your kids if they're not too buggered". It's delivered with a leery wink like that pissed fat guy wearing shorts in that dingy old-man pub in the suburbs. But it's a corker of a track, have a listen:

[mp3 - via the band's myspace] Witch Hats - Ma Birthday

It's reminiscent of some of the good stuff on The Ground Components' album of last year, but while Joe Groundie's vocals are angry, Kris Witch's are completely fucking unhinged: "I'm currently living in your grandmother's flat, the one out the back/ I'm the one wearing the shorts and rubbing your children's legs". The chorus, a screamed "It's ma birthday" sounds like a horror movie bad guy on a hunt. Don't forget, as well, the swampy rhythm section, the bass right at the front of the mix, and the caterwauling guitars. It's a tour de force and I can't turn it off.

And the rest? Pepperman and Jock the Untold are both very good, maybe without the depths of malevolence but great blues-punk drive and more screaming. The last couple of tracks are solid but don't grab in the same way.

But it's a grand EP and a way impressive debut release, grab it for whenever you feel kinda wrong and want someone to sympathize - Kris Buscombe feels that way all the time.

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