Witch Piss Tape 2 cassette
It’s been a relatively long wait since Tape 1 from California’s WITCH PISS, especially considering their penchant for blazing hot and concise punk. I suspect it takes a little more than meets the ear to write tunes this dense and ferocious, though. Borrowing from the tight-but-chaotic bouncing corners of garage punk with throaty vocals laden over like gravel, it’s a winning sound that takes hold of your attention and doesn’t let go. It’s not quite hardcore, but I imagine it commands a room the way hardcore does at its most literate. Plus it’s just a hell of a lot of damn fun, with trebly rumbles of bass, just a kiss of synth, and riffs that will make you pogo like a fool. Just my kind of stuff, like bubblegum in a studded jacket.