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Ant here with some kick ass metal from Desalvo on Rock Action. 'Mood Poisoner' is just what's needed to flush my headcold away. It's like hardcore, metal, thrash, jerky alt rock all cascading in an enormous venomous blood spitting wall of aggressive energy. Comparisons around the office are being made with Converge, Raging Speedhorn, Shorty and Today Is The Day... Anyway I bet they rock live. The drummer sure knows how to pound those skins and there's riffs galore along with glass munching vocals. Tighter than a gnat's chuff.Based in Glasgow, Scotland and featuring members of Stretchheads and Idlewild , Desalvo twist the influence of hardcore and metal to demand your total sensual attention. This is incendiary, visceral and genuinely perverse music.
Assimilating the sounds of traditional hardcore like Converge, Mastodon and Black Flag with the psychedelic madness of Butthole Surfers, DeSalvo have gained a reputation as one of the best live bands in the UK. They are both confrontational and memorable but influence only tells half the story. Put simply DeSalvo are not a band it is easy to categorise. Their music is filthy, it’s dirty, it’s in your face, it leaves you feeling moist, aroused and slightly guilty.
Recorded in early 2008 at Chem19 Studios with producer Paul Savage (whose credits include; Mogwai, Arab Strap & Malcolm Middleton) ’Mood Poisoner’ emerges as one of the hardcore albums of the year. DeSalvo’s debut album is a punishing ride for sure but it’s an exhilarating experience all the same. Fuck the destination, welcome aboard ’cos it’s time to strap-in and strap- onto trulyexperiencethis.
Tracklist:
1. Brown Flag 2. Tonguescraper parts 1&2 3. Ripper Situation 4. Latrine Lizard 5. Get Black 6. Oedipus Rising 7. Schindler’s Lift 8. Questionable Sport 9. Spandoflage 10. Cock Swastika
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