{"id":2485,"date":"2014-11-05T08:01:34","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T13:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=2485"},"modified":"2014-11-13T13:04:06","modified_gmt":"2014-11-13T18:04:06","slug":"oozing-wound-earth-suck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/oozing-wound-earth-suck\/","title":{"rendered":"Oozing Wound <br>Earth Suck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Oozing_Wound-Earth_Suck.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2486\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Oozing_Wound-Earth_Suck.jpg\" alt=\"Oozing Wound, Earth Suck\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Oozing_Wound-Earth_Suck.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Oozing_Wound-Earth_Suck-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>I played the crap out of Oozing Wound\u2019s debut, <i>Retrash<\/i>, after events that forced me to wear a tie and act like an adult. It helped me to let go of the bullshit. I really appreciated the mean humor of song titles like \u201cWelcome to the Spaceship, Motherfucker,\u201d and the music matched the juvenile grossness of the album art. They struck me as a band intent on kicking ass, but with big enough balls to enjoy every moment of it.<\/p>\n<p>On their new one, <i>Earth Suck<\/i> (Thrill Jockey Records), the bleeding fingers and smash \u2019n\u2018 trash guitars are turned up to more extreme tempos, bringing the aggression to a boil. On seven tracks in 30 minutes, the band attacks you in two different modes: super-fast kill \u2019em all or a slower, groovier pace that feels like being ground into the dirt. Tracks like \u201cBury Me with My Money\u201d and \u201cGenuine Creeper\u201d leave little room for anything but riffs. Zack Weil brings his voice down an octave (lower than the vicious screech he used on much of <i>Retrash<\/i>) most of the time, unleashing a fuller, throatier version of of his coldly cynical vitriol. This band does not specialize in lyrics of hope and revelation. \u201cHippie Speedball\u201d is a song about a guy who can\u2019t get out of bed without, well, a speedball, and it\u2019s not some kind of after-school special either; they just tell it like it is. Songs with names like \u201cGoing Through the Motions Til I Die\u201d \u00a0don\u2019t require much explication. Luckily, every few minutes, Weil screams something like, \u201cWell, who are you, motherfucker?! Die!!!\u201d and we\u2019re all having fun again.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the most serious of the seven tracks is \u201cColonel\u2019s Kernal.\u201d It\u2019s comparatively long, clocking in at just under five minutes, and features a repeated series of rolling, chugging machine gun chords. It\u2019s as if every note in the song is heavily accented and the only contrast is between loud and louder. The song ends with two minutes of those pounding chords repeating, then pausing as the band holds out a single note, catching its breath and then reloading for another assault. It\u2019s very heavy, very scary, and in a minute makes clear the band\u2019s capacity for brutal, emotional impact. The final track, \u201cFalse Peak (Earth Suck),\u201d concludes in equally furious and remarkable fashion, but without the breaks for retrenching. It\u2019s a single, syncopated riff that repeats relentlessly for three straight minutes before cutting off in a sudden instant, as if the amps finally just blew-up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I played the crap out of Oozing Wound\u2019s debut, <i>Retrash<\/i>, after events that forced me to wear a tie and act like an adult. 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