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Debut cassette from North Carolina punk supergroup "THE DISGUSTING". Four catchy, blown out tracks reminiscent of classic noise punk.
For fans of beer, Confuse, pogo punk, sobriety and dangly earrings.
Our take: The hot new Richmond label Sex Fiend Abomination brings us the debut cassette from the Disgusting, a mysterious new band from North Carolina. Sadly, I haven’t gotten to see the Disgusting yet, but their raw, noisy, and wild hardcore is a perfect match for the label that brought us recent releases by Cicada and Fried Reality. Like Fried Reality in particular, the Disgusting draws from the wild, nihilistic end of Japanese hardcore. To me, though, they don’t have the mannered quality of so many bands who pull from this sound, who often lean on easy signifiers (pogo beats, gutteral vocals, noise-drenched guitar) yet totally miss the vibe. The Disgusting nails the vibe, and listening to these four songs feels like being dropped into one of those massive machines that rends and shreds giant pieces of industrial machinery for recycling. The recording adds to the sense of disorientation, cloaking everything in noise and fuzz and working alongside the band’s manic energy to ensure the listener never finds their footing. But while it feels very loose and spontaneous, it feels like the Disgusting has taken seriously the task of making the most abrasive and, well, disgusting sounds they can… just get an earful of that wild feedback that ends the tape. A downright beautiful slice of noise-not-music.