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Violent Soho - Violent Soho

Review by Kev Eddy

This is ultimately a pretty promising debut – especially if you hanker for the grungy days of the Nineties. »

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violent soho met playing in the pentecostal church band in their home town of mansfield, brisbane, bang in the middle of australia's bible belt. heavy with angst and boredom the boys started thrashing it out in drummer michael's parent's garage while they were at church. which is where they discovered their love for four chord pop songs, influenced by their pre-grunge favourites like black flag and mudhoney and written through a bucket bong haze. the church's loss was punk rock's gain. they worked service industry jobs, self released an album and drove themselves round australia for 5 years after school. on the other side of the world in new york an alternative rock godhead was stirring, ready to change their lives. a copy of the album they recorded in their garage found its way into thurston moore's hands. he was down the front head banging at their first gig in new york at the legendary lower east side hang out pianos. the buzz around their punishingly hard live show spread to rick rubin, who personally invited them to play his condo in malibu. meanwhile thurston offered them a deal on his ecstatic peace! label, the perfect home for their freaky rock. the pixies producer gil norton made the record in rockfields studio in the welsh countryside, with mixing duties handled by rich costey (mastodon).
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