(Hysteria, 2011) For: Fun People, X, Descendents, Night Birds Byline: Melodious power- punk from an Argentine legend I'm not gonn...
(Hysteria, 2011)
I'm not gonna act like I'm all up on the latin American punk scene, but I've read enough Maximumrocknroll to know when to pay attention. With a slew of singles already under his belt, Argentine fun-punker Carlos Rodriguez has seen fit to release another 7", this time under the brand spankin' new Hysteria label, and it's a banger.
Taking the typical sonic cues of past records, fluttering love, nostalgia and childlike wonderment, the album runs the gamut of punk rock influences, from sloppy surf to punchy cow-punk ("Y El Hospice..." almost has a rockabilly bite to it...but not enough to make me hate it!), but never relinquishing that sweet sweet sense of melody. Rodriguez's vocals are a spectacle per usual, running all over the place from anguished howling to staccato warbling to a husky coo (i really think he kinda sounds like Exene Cervenka on "24 Hs"...again, that's probably just me right?). I get a heavy New Jersey pop punk thing going...but not crappy high-school "my girlfriend dumped me at the skatepark" kind of pop punk. You know what I'm talking about right? Of course you do. You're no dummy.
Power-pop at its very heart, it's a great release for Mr. Rodriguez to hang his hat on and one that old fans and newbs can enjoy quite easily. Great guitar work on "Del Absoluto Vacio Surge Este" and relentless metronomic drumming throughout the whole thing.
You can download a copy here, but don't be a sucker. Pick up the real thing from Hysteria's webstore right here. Also, feel free to stream track one of the 7" right here on the ol' Tome! Great stuff here folks.
-Dylan Chadwick
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