I wouldn't necessarily say the
Spikes were before my time, so much as prior to my consciousness. Back in '85 had I been introduced to these greasy, garagey punks from down under my impression might very well have been dismissive, but thankfully over the ensuing decades, my tastes (not to mention) tolerance broadened. The Spikes were more in ballpark of the early Saints, and for better or worse didn't posses the sort of psych-rock endowment the Lime Spiders, and to a lesser degree the Exploding White Mice sported. This scuzzy crop of Adelaide denizens were of the analogue school - nothing technical or gussied up in the lease, and they certainly didn't indulge in '80s production values. I appreciate the extra serrated edge they apply to "No Friend of Mine," and the less abrasive albeit still gritty sandpaper treatment smoothing the rough edges of the quasi-ballad "Romance."
6 Sharp Cuts is promising as hell and I have yet to partake in the full length that followed it,
Colour in a Black Forest. This ep originally saw the light of day on Greasy Pop in the band's native Oz, and the incarnation presented here is the American variant of the record in a more aesthetically pleasing album jacket.
01. Flashback to Acid Beach
02. No Friend of Mine
03. Bloodmud
04. Romance
05. Scars and Angels
06. Hollywood
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