SPAD: Demo cassette

Description

3 trax of DC influenced hardcore punk from Indonesia. FFO Minor Threat, Amdi Petersens Arme, Milk, SOA, Total Fury etc.

Our take: No Solution plucks another 80s US hardcore-style gem from Asia, this time from Indonesias SPAD. To my ears, SPAD is a dead ringer for Bostons Social Circkle, who released a string of excellent records during the peak of the No Way Records era. Im not sure how deep the people reading this go with that scene, so if you need some other reference points, think Career Suicides less blistering stuff or a more Ramones-y Night Birds. Maybe its that Ramones-y downpicking that has me reaching for comparisons from the oughts rather than the early 80s it sounds like there might have been Screeching Weasel records deep in those musicians collections, even if they felt like they needed to live that influence down. For me, catchy and ripping are like chocolate and peanut butter, and SPAD is a Reeses cup familiar, but it hits the fucking spot.