Much like the recent releases from fellow Philly area scuzz-punks Violent Students and Pissed Jeans, Clockcleaner summons the heavy duty, damaged noise rock

of the early 90's and runs it through a contempo Hardcore/nerve scrape intensity, packaged in effectively weird artwork of a ghoulish-looking woman emitting

a swarm of hornets from her mouth, and with zero in the way of info/text in the booklet. These guys are sort of an offshoot of blasted psych-sludge-Hardcore

cretins Violent Students (whose amazing full length is reviewed elsewhere in this week's list), but Clockcleaner have more of a classic Am Rep sound, with

killer, catchy riffs and a thunderous rhythm section locking in heavy while the guitars scrape and splatter in-the-red feedback and meaty riffs over the

singer's howling, desperate, wasted vocals that remind me of David Yow and J. Robbins in the same breath. Seven songs in 17 minutes of heavy noise punk

aggression; think Big Black, Scratch Acid, Flipper, Jesus Lizard, Black Flag, Melvins, Jawbox, etc., injected with catchier hooks than what you'd nomrally

expect from this sort of pummeling, thunderous scum rock. Just check that fuckin riff on "Shingles" and try to pry that outta your skull.

Recommended.