Monday, February 18, 2008

AUL 36X


Band: Boyracer
Album: AUL 36X ep 7"
Label: Slumberland (1993)

Boyracer is the definition to the T of hit or miss. When they're off, they usually just play boring, hookless, lo-fi punk with almost no melody. But when they're on, hey pla lo-fi noise pop masterpieces. On this single, both sides of the band are on display. The first three songs are almost completely tuneless punk rock (with Sex running at about 40 seconds in length), but song four, Sunshine and Violence is where the band's strength begins to show. This instrumental track is simple, short, and catchy, but with a little more development and some vocals, it could have been turned into another classic for the band, like side two's Stabbed. It follows the quiet loud formula of most alterna-rock, but instead of having boring metalish guitars during the "loud" part, it's full of indistinguishable guitar noise to match the anguished longing nature of the song's lyrics and vocals. It's a pity that they follow up that song with inconsequentially brief guitar and drum noise. With a bit of editing, this single could have been great, but it's mostly filler.

Track list:
Side A:
1. Short Changed
2. Sex
3. Spiteful Punk Rock Song No. 2
4. Sunshine + Violence

Side B:
1. Stabbed
2. Short Changed Revisited

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