Benzin Treibjagd LP
Garage punk from Berlin that rips through twelve songs in about fifteen minutes, with solid gold surf-inspired riff after riff like TEE VEE REPAIRMANN with Klaus Flouride on guitar. These short tracks have everything you could ask for in this strain of punk: hardcore speeds, straightforward production, hooks aplenty, a fully developed sound, and inspired performances. A few tracks expand beyond the garage, like “Botschaften,” which sounds like BAUHAUS played at like six times the speed, and the title track that features a slower tempo and vocal delivery recalling KLEENEX/LILIPUT. What a great band and a great record (and a debut full-length at that!).