XBXRX - Wars
by Maarten Schiethart
published: 22 / 6 / 2007

Label:
Polyvinyl Records
Format: CD
intro
Manic-sounding, first-rate post-punk on second album from Californian-based group XBXRX
After leaving quite a rumble resounding around their native Oakland, XBXRX tried hard to get off the trodden path. Picking up the torch of their predecessors, their new blend of post-punk, which combines sharp bites at the confusion in our lives with sneering cynicism, works remarkably well. Agitpop punksters, cherished by members of bands such as Deerhoof, don't have much room to move about musically but nonetheless XBXRX have found some empty places. Their new album 'Wars' toys with the idea of including intermezzi that - given the rush they're delivered with - ultimately might become the actual centrepoints of the tracks on the album. Gifted maniacs, that's what XBXRX really are. Yet at the same time as the band winds itself up to great momenta, it indulges in a few punk rock clichés just as well.
Track Listing:-
1 Center Where Sight2 Freezing Water
3 sheets and Organs
4 Here to Ruin the Party
5 Eighth War
6 Suffocation
7 Minds
8 Sons of Horn
9 In Veins
10 Towers of Silence
11 Day Eleven
12 Ear Ever Hear
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live reviews |
End Hits, Ottawa, 21/4/2007 |
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In the basement of Ottawa record store End Hits, Andrew Carver enjoys vigorous shows from both hyperactive Californians XBXRX and equally energetic local act, Elephantoms |
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