COTM 023 Thumbsucker "Infinite Regret" LP

£11.13

COTM 023 Thumbsucker "Infinite Regret" LP

£11.13

Awesome album pressed on black vinyl - total Mardcore

Quietus said:

Thumbsucker
Infinite Regret
Circus Of The Macabre / Fies Ins Gesicht aka DIT / Repulsive Medias

On the subject of essential powerviolence releases, don’t miss the debut full-length from Thumbsucker. The trio were formed out of the ashes of Leicester legends Nothing Clean, whose breakup seemed thoroughly gutting at the time but has now given us two more great bands instead – the other, Sex Germs, were recently covered in Noel Gardner’s ever-excellent punk column. I’m almost surprised I’ve beaten Noel to the punch here, as truthfully, Thumbsucker’s aggro tumult is far closer to punk than it is metal. Whilst Sex Germs ventured off into more vibrant, garage rock inspired terrain, Thumbsucker take the bleak, confrontational sound of Nothing Clean and make it even more hostile and unforgiving.

Lightspeed cuts like ‘Manifesto’ and ‘Disposable’ are perfectly structured nuggets of rage that recall the early powerviolence sound of bands like Crossed Out and No Comment, albeit with a healthy dose of UK hardcore punk influence in there too. That classic punk feel really shines through on relatively longer tracks like ‘Ruse Off’ and ‘Alone’ (‘relatively’ in this case meaning ‘still under two minutes’), with a more morose atmosphere creeping into the band’s hardcore sound (or ‘mardcore’, as they call it) as clanking basslines rumble away beneath caustic sheets of white-hot guitar feedback.