SEX STAINS - LP
I've been waiting for this album since I first became aware of this band a couple years back so I jumped on a chance to
hear a pre-release stream of it. Sex Stains' debut is driving, groove-laden underground rock with punk, dub/reggae, funk,
and ska as building blocks. Reverb/delay fueled guitar often glides over a sometimes in your face yet always in the pocket
rhythms for songs that range from biographical tales of growing up and life in Los Angeles to takedowns of asshole guys and
male entitlement, among other things. The band's ability to draw in more than typical punk or indie clichés gives them the
ability to veer from bass fueled post punk to HC to dub and back again while making it seem effortless. I'd been wondering
what the full-length would be like overall and Sex Stains made a first album that went beyond what I was expecting it to be.
(BOONE)
(Don Giovanni Records. P.O. Box 628. Kingston, NJ 08528. dongiovannirecords.com)
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