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...according to our Dave on Thu 04 Nov, 2010.
These are also known as "No Tyveks we're British" or in some circles "Everything You Wanted To Know About Tyveks But Were Afraid To Ask". This is snotty garage punk with no song lasting more than about 3 and a half minutes. It's brash and full of attitude. Or maybe I should say bad-itude. It reminds me of a less funny Half Man, Half Biscuit. Not that this is po-faced seriousness with people recording the sounds of trouts being slapped against the cheeks of members of the Royal Ballet Society. One of the choruses is basically some cheech shouting "Fuck Off!!" in a loud angsty manner. Which is funnier than it sounds. Tyvek make scratchy, unpretentious music that flies past you in a blur and soaks you in beer and cheap fags. The songs are simple but effective and don't hang about. The musicianship's lo-fi but disarmingly good. A pretty sweet record is this latest offering from the group you know as Tyvek. A stirring call to punk rock arms!!
As Detroit continues its seemingly irreversible slide into the tar pitsof economic despair, new traditionalists Tyvek unashamedly takethe reins and harness the ambition to keep their slurred, manicallyrefreshing noise pop bouncing around the skulls of everyone stillbreathing in the real, uncategorizable fumes of the original new wave.With an already impressive trail of essential releases behind them, includinglast year s debut album and an infinitesimal stream of touronly CDRs, the band is always evolving, yet never strays too far fromthe original cacophony that earned them a spot in the hallowed halls ofmodern punk s elite erratics.As dynamically diverse as Tyvek s recordings are, their live set alsoshifts dramatically with each new appearance, ranging from a monstrousfive-piece to the currently stripped-down trio that gets the jobdone without sacrificing intensity or brazen brevity. With relentlesstouring, razor-sharp songwriting and the ability to adapt to their surroundingswithout resistance, no wonder Tyvek captures the off-centersounds of bygone-era DIY scrapings and spins them into gold,all without showing any influence of the Detroit sound that s knownthe world over.Tyvek s In The Red debut, Nothing Fits, is a scalding collection ofamped-up and thrust-out songs that cranks up the energy level farbeyond their previous releases and decimates the detractors into theabyss. It s Tyvek at their fiery, screaming best, and if this doesn t curlyour eyebrows and your toes simultaneously with excitement, thenyou might need to settle for something musically akin to hospital foodor take another laxative, because this blast of new recordings mightjust flush out your system to the point of personal emergency. Todd Killings, Victimoftime.com. Sophomore proper album from Detroitgarage / post-punk band Eschews the art-tinged experiments ofpast releases for full-on, straightforwardgarage punk blasts Vinyl includes digital download coupon.
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