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CREAM ABDUL BABAR  Covering the Track Marks  CD   (UnderRadar)   5.98
Covering the Track Marks IS CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE FOR ORDER

This is the latest disc from Florida's aggro noise rock wackos CREAM ABDUL BABAR, a collection of (mostly) previously released cover tuneage. Songs from PJ Harvey, Helmet, Jesus Lizard, Mira, and Ministry are devoured and regurgitated via CREAM's venomous mutant blend of industrial noise thuggery and post-punk twitch possessed by the band's signature trombone and synth sneer stuck onto their otherwise traditional bass/drums/guitar/vocal lineup, which leaves every cover utterly stained by their singular snarling vision, a fucked channeling of primo Am Rep/Homestead Records/dirge/noise/Cows/Butthole Surfers vibes. HELMET's "Born Annoying" is ripped apart and circuit-stitched back together into an INFIDEL?/CASTRO! style, broken-industrial splatter dirge. MINISTRY's "Burning Inside" is reconfigured into a twitchy postpunk death hike. Their cover of shoegazer band MIRA's "Space" is probably our fave on this disc, mashing the catchy, brooding space-pop of the original through CREAM ABDUL BABAR's noise rock meatgrinder. Let the tape roll out at the end for a "hidden" track that unleashes a blistering live cover of "Material Girl". Tight. This "covers" album is a crushing rethink of the original tunes, and anyone into CREAM ABDUL BABAR's art-damaged noise rock crush should def grab this quick.