Stretchheads: Five Fingers, Four Thingers, A Thumb, A Facelift, and A New Identity (Scotland, 1988)
Apparently, this band is somewhat related to Dog Faced Hermans. They even shout out in a roundabout way on “Long Faced Germans.” No angular Ex-style art-punk here, though. It’s artsy, a bit, but mostly it’s noisy. More elastic than than spazzy, but it’s textural. Tempos aren’t fast but drums aren’t 4-on-the-floor and they make it seem faster.
The vocals are unhinged. Flip my shit out. This album goes well with caffeine and with beer. Or whiskey.
Consider it a precursor to art-grind bands like Arab on Radar, AIDS Wolf, and Lightning Bolt (pre-hippiness), and it gets even better.
Grab it and smash some shit up.
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