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.  

A. Fear (Late at Night)
B. Without Warning

5 comments:

Josef Kloiber said...

I have all 4 lps. Excellent band.
It's a shame that you've brought almost nothing from Austr. in the last few years.

Laura Antunes said...

please, please, please, could you send me or upload Rooney's lost album??

Unknown said...

A Nest of Vipers EP is a classic. Thanks for posting this.

Luc said...

DAMNNNNN

Luc said...

Do you have anymore from these guys im trying to track down the records but no dice!

Thanks!!