CARNAGE delves into a slower punk style on this release—an approach which unfortunately omits songwriting skill or instrumental punch. Some good lyric themes are addressed here, but the music is largely stolid. Too bad.
Could any band intentionally be this, bad? On first listening, I thought it was unintentional—that they’re just plain bad. But now I don’t know. It’s so offbeat, even on the simplest of punk beats, that they’ve got to be trying to be this bad. Does anybody out there know the answer? Good lyrics, though.
This debut combines a garage recording, psychedelia, and an early UK punk sound with a modern anarchist stance. It has spunk and scathing, cynical lyrics. Not exceptional, but raw and spirited.
