Cran Rejet EP
Parisian punkers CRAN return with a three-song EP that straddles surf, Oi!, and post-punk. The band doubles down on the chant/shout/group vocal delivery on each song with a unique blended reverb guitar splashing away behind it. “Rejet” in particular delivers this mechanical repetitiveness that has the obvious METAL URBAIN connotation fused with early KILLING JOKE, a combination mostly pushed out of context with what sounds like Carl FIsher screaming harmonies beneath it all. Hard not to listen to this over a few times, it grows on you, the esprit rings out.