Shucks, are tapes cool! Some come through and it’s two songs per side and you’re done, and some include close to half an hour of blaring hardcore that has your brain gripped from star to end. Swedish label D-takt & Råpunk has been putting out some of the best in, you guessed it, D-beat and raw punk and this comp here is no exception. Featuring six créme de la northern hemisphere créme, all of them well immersed in the, you guessed it, D-beat and raw punk sound, each in their own distinct way: Vancouver raw racketeers SNØB, Sweden’s no-frills aggression WARCHILD, Russia’s psychotic, primal fury BLOODSUCKERS (super into it), Japan’s cerebral noisemakers KAFKA (top-notch), Sweden’s “distortion everything” punks PARANOID, and Finland’s explosive KOHTI TUHOA, with refreshing vocals and ideas that actually makes D-beat interesting again. Each band offers between two and four tracks apiece, all of them hard-hitters and, sans for one, all of them new and unreleased! Comes with über punk artwork and a fold-out with info on the bands. This label recently suffered a flood and almost lost everything, so they’re in the process of restoration, so make sure you spend some of that “fake paypal money” wisely-it’s worth it on every level.
//Maximum Rocknroll #380, Lydia, 01/2015
