Confuse: People Are Nuclear Poisoning 12″

Description

Collection of releases from this legendary 80s Japanese noise punk band. This LP compiles the full Indignation cassette, Nuclear Addicts flexi, tracks from the highly sought-after Jisatsu Omnibus 8″ compilation, and live recordings. Comes with 2-sided insert.

Our take: Fan club release compiling the early material by one of the all-time greats of worldwide hardcore, Japans Confuse. This 12 compiles their Indignation cassette, the Nuclear Addicts flexi, their tracks from the Jisatsu Omnibus compilation, and three live tracks (including one unreleased song). Every official release by Confuse is mandatory listening. Along with Disorder, Chaos UK, Shitlickers, and a handful of others, they pioneered taking Discharges stripped-down formula and removing any remaining bells and whistles, distilling hardcore punk down to a kind of abstract expressionist stab of rage. The bands debut cassette-only album Indignationpresented in its entirety hereis my favorite Confuse release. The guitars are high in the mix on this session, and they are wild and unhinged, up there with Negaziones Tutti Pazzi EP as some of the most crazed and inspired guitar noise of all time. The vocals are also downright feral, and the music is achaotic swirl of noise, distortion, and feedback. It is one of the most beautiful things Ive ever heard in my life. Confuses later releasesincluding whats compiled on the b-side of this LPtend to highlight the drums, and while they’re still great (up there, in fact, with Mob 47 as far as this style goes), they’re a little more familiar and less magical. As I said, though, there is no bad Confuse material, so lets hope they follow this collection with another volume featuring the balance of their discography.