garbage appreciation society
Middle aged punks blasting into the last years of our lives, with a fatalism perfectly pitched for aging Gen X’ers and like-minded younger generations, who all see the same bleak future. (from band bio)
Hailing from New York, ABSOLUTE GARBAGE knock out authentic, old-school US hardcore like the last 40 years never happened. With a refreshingly unvarnished execution, sarcastic vocals make satirical points through amusingly crude lyrics. Released digitally in 2022, this recently received a vinyl outing, so it qualifies for inclusion here. Seconds-long snippets of ultra-fast jokecore aside, the rest of these songs clock in around the two-minute-plus mark. Steven Tyler Won’t Care When You Die is straight-up, 80s political hardcore, Jello-warbling vocals occasionally slipping into spoken. The spiky female vox peppered throughout are a cool addition; see the catchy Jeff Epstein’s Sex Plane (He Was Just Indicted And Now He’s Dead), the superlative fastcore of Garbage Mouth (be warned: the video below this review is fucking horrible), and the title track highlight. A dead ringer for FLAG OF DEMOCRACY, it includes a bizarre middle with disturbing sounds of people appreciating food with lip-smacking creepiness. Buying A Book On Amazon Makes You A Billionaire’s Toilet oozes DEAD KENNEDYS charm, as does the sarcastic Yank punk of We’re All Going To Jail, and The Mambo Man Seeks Justice, the latter featuring a great spoken section. The lean, hardcore burst of Kampus K.O.P.S. is killer, and the supremely catchy When The Economy Collapsed makes greater use of those crucial female vocals. Get Fucked Up! is nothing short of a modern genre classic, and following a chilling spoken part, the song builds to a demented denouement.
Chef’s Kiss will take you back to a time when bands like FALSE PROPHETS, THE CRUCIFUCKS, and DEAD KENNEDYS made political points through pitch-black satire, personality, and zero trace of metal. That you don’t hear this kinda thing too much only serves to highlight how utterly refreshing it sounds. A disturbingly lip-smacking chef’s kiss to ABSOLUTE GARBAGE.
Released 20th May 2024 on vinyl
https://absolutegarbage.bandcamp.com/album/chefs-kiss
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