#slovenly

[dustedmagazine]

Psychic Pigs — S-T (Slovenly)

Brandon Welchez spent the late aughts/early teens in the fuzz-rocking Crocodiles, a duo of So Cal buzzsaw romantics that raised the specter of the Jesus & Mary Chain. His latest project, Psychic Pigs, is a good deal rougher, full of the snarl and spit of late-1970s garage punk: the Ramones, the Dead Boys and Johnny Thunders.

This self-titled album rips the band-aid off with opener “The Law Means Nothing to Us.” The cut begins, deceptively, with a snippet of Mozart, but quickly barrels through that façade. Onslaughts of guitar frayed with volume, furious drumming, agitated but anthemic vocals rampage in double time. The track lasts just under two minutes, but leaves you gasping for breath afterward. The eponymous track, hitting just about midway, filters in a little more melody, landing somewhere between Redd Cross and the last Bad Sports album, but even the hooky cuts go hard and fast.

These all sound like live band cuts. You almost smell the beer and feel it sticking to your shoes. But in fact, they were recorded in London with Welchez playing most of the parts. His sole collaborator, Jonah Falco of Fucked Up (and Bad Sports, see above), produced and played the drums. So it’s remarkable how fiery and unmediated cuts like “New Dark Age” come across, this later cut like a Wipers tune hopped up on speed.

The disc covers the standard punk themes like alienation (“Stranded in Bullshit City”), illicit substances (“I’m on Drugs”) and the rotten underbelly of romantic attachment (“Love Bite,” “Masochist”). Indeed, if there’s anything wrong with this blistering attack, it’s that it feels a little generic. If you like this stuff, you’ve got records that sound like this already. But if you really like it, there’s always room for one more.

Jennifer Kelly

[j-august]

So this was Richard's brother. Every line of him spoke, palimpsest-wise, with two voices. The clothes, black and rich, were vaguely slovenly; the skin sun-glazed and cracked; the fine eyes slackly lidded; the mouth insolent and self-indulgent.

Dorothy Dunnett, The Game of Kings

[mericanboyz]

Burger 🍔👑 King

[sowhatifiliveinasmalltowninjapan]

Slovenly

Thinking Of Empire (1986)

[zeydaan-isabella]

A Healing Crystal

Commission by n_inuinu - Zeydaan getting a beautiful core crystal for their birthday from Nia. Only to find Nia's present extended a little more than just the crystal. Seems Nia takes rather well to Schism world's types of casual fashion.

[program-annihilator]

1987

[deez-no-relation]

oh my GOD oH MY GOD!

I guess he learned his lesson about looking “slovenly” at the HWC...😂

[flyerhigh]