One of the things I’ve hoped to do this year was go through the backlog a bit faster than usual; however certain events got in the way and that got abandoned.  As a result I was unable to get to this until now.  The A side is Caterpillar Tracks offering up a driving piece of post HC rock with elements of noise slightly woven in.  Short and sweet, the track calls to mind the more experimental turn some HC bands took in the very early 90s.  The flip side is the track by Arms Exploding, which is a more straight-ahead punk cum art rock song with some tasty hooks and a straight for the throat feel.  Both songs merge elements that seem slightly off kilter and make it work within the songs as if it were perfectly normal.  The results are catchy as hell songs that come from a familiar place but have something bubbling underneath the surface.  I’m kicking myself for not getting to this seven inch (on red vinyl) sooner.     (BOONE)

(Phratry Records. P.O. Box 14267. Cincinnati, OH 45250 phratryrecords.com)