Friday, March 15, 2024
Exploding White Mice 7" (1988, Greasy/Festival)
Demi-legends in Australia's garage-punk underground, the Exploding White Mice often veered to sheer power-punk overdrive, a la the Ramones to careen their point home. The flip side, of this wax, "Without Warning" is a bruising illustration of this, with an intense, not to mention speedy crush of guitars and all-guns-blazing histrionics in general. "Fear (Late at Night)" doesn't induce quite as much whiplash, but nobody would mistake it for a ballad. EWM released four albums and just as many more singles/eps in their 1983-1999 lifespan, and even gained a little bit of traction in North America by the middle of their tenure, but to a certain extent many of their recordings have been tough to come by in the Western Hemisphere.
I have all 4 lps. Excellent band.
ReplyDeleteIt's a shame that you've brought almost nothing from Austr. in the last few years.
please, please, please, could you send me or upload Rooney's lost album??
ReplyDeleteA Nest of Vipers EP is a classic. Thanks for posting this.
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