For those who like hardcore based mostly punk with a metallic edge, CARSEX are a gaggle you might want to hear. Hailing from Lengthy Seaside, CA., with Nigel Burk on the helm offering a various vocal show – these guys play like targeted monsters, and that’s not at all times the case in punk rock. They bring about selection on their newest EP launch, ‘Human Curiosity.’ And that’s what they do, discover matters concerning the human situation in 2025, on seven cuts of largely heavy-handed items of music that showcase their musical chops – punk or not. CARSEX cowl an assortment of kinds from 1979 to current, displaying a spread that the majority bands don’t have today.
CARSEX got here collectively from totally different bands, they usually match like a well-oiled machine with plenty of musicianship and swagger to spare. “Sitting Geese” begins it out with a bang to get what’s mainly an idea album going. It’s punk but it surely’s additionally a mess of different issues overlaying the topic of society watching itself burn and doing nothing about it. “Crooked Canvas” has extra of a Jim Carroll vibe with a 90s twist, however that’s a superb factor, particularly for any punk fan who can acknowledge it. You don’t should be of a sure age to understand the affect of their forebears.
“Past the Timber” has extra of another rock membership sound to it, with a unprecedented left flip in tempo, and Burk pulls off his most interesting second on ‘Human Curiosity’, IMHO. That is one thing you possibly can take heed to all day lengthy with out losing interest, so it charges excessive on my repeat checklist. Issues prepare dinner again up with “Fuck This”, which rolls on robust like a freight practice in comparison with “Past The Timber”, however works properly to maintain the momentum of the EP going, and is a tough rocking showcase for the band.
“Landmine” is the featured video monitor, and to my ears probably the most commercially accessible tune on ‘Human Curiosity’. The video, directed by Chris Michael, makes use of colours and shades successfully within the imagery. Some followers of CARSEX would possibly realize it’s the observe as much as their tune “Your Lesson,” so it ties them again to the band’s earlier work. “Landmine” alone is definitely worth the value of admission, however there’s a lot extra right here to discover and take up it’s value describing each monitor for what it’s value. Take a look at the video for extra proof, and there’s much more to observe on their YouTube channel.
“D.Ok.C.” is slightly more durable to wrap the pinnacle round, not lyrically, however musically it’s a bone crushing tune filled with instrumental bombast. So far as the lyrics go it explains why, and that’s as a result of it’s about seeing faculty taking pictures’s depicted from a father’s viewpoint. And in spite of everything that, the rise and fall story of “Stella” the rock star is informed, to take issues out in fashion with one of many extra fascinating elements of ‘Human Curiosity’ – the place they could’ve even saved one of the best for final. This ferocious set is value your time, and exhibits these veterans at their finest.
Mindy McCall
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