The Judges Guns / (The People Want a) Show 7″
Hot on the heels of last year’s great Judgement Day LP, these Aussie proto-punkers (featuring folks from LIVING EYES and CEREAL KILLER) are back to sentence us to another nine minutes of riff! Here we’re getting two exceptional tracks wrapped in one excellent sleeve. Folks, this is how you make a 7”! The A-side, “Guns,” is a five-and-a-half minute dirge built on a two-and-a-half-chord riff, establishing something between a Funhouse groove and a Dopesmoker drone. The Bandcamp copy tells you the lyrics are some sort of statement on arms trafficking and imperialism or whatever—and that may be true—but they’re being delivered more like a threat issued by the seediest member of a biker gang from a ’60s exploitation flick through a Valium haze. It’s maybe the best song I’ve heard all year. The B-side, which is more of a revved-up, Raw Power-ed number, is maybe slightly less memorable by comparison, but it also rules. Do yourself a favor and seek out a copy!
