{"id":21,"date":"2013-01-05T23:46:43","date_gmt":"2013-01-05T23:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hapaxlego.net\/blog\/?p=21"},"modified":"2022-01-20T20:51:12","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T04:51:12","slug":"spray-paint-spock-fingers-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hapaxlego.net\/blog\/?p=21","title":{"rendered":"Spray Paint, Spock Fingers 7″<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"spock-fingers-sleeve-small\"<\/a>Even though it came out several months ago, I would be remiss not to mention this slice of minimal, formidable punk rock. The second 7\u201d by this Austin, TX trio, Spock Fingers<\/i> is the sound of a screeching force snapping out of its coiled restraints.<\/p>\n

The title track, the faster of the two songs, lurches out of the gate with drums and bass, but it takes its time to morph from a spare but driving and catchy romp into a blast of hypnotic noise. The moment the band launches into full volume is awe-inspiring, massive but completely in line with the band\u2019s minimal sound, a reminder that even three people can make a lot of racket. \u201cPink Pus,\u201d on the flip side, is a grumbling dirge\u2014heavy, noisy blues. I can understand the lyrics to these songs only about 35% of the time\u2014I spent nearly an hour listening to the single just to determine if the songs had any FCC-violation words\u2014but when the band is soaring through the music like a train tumbling into a canyon and you can hear the shouting of \u201cSpock Fingers!\u201d over and over, that doesn\u2019t matter. This is rough, metallic, noisy energy.<\/p>\n