awesome quirky thrash from Japan...Breakfast blew my doors right off with this 18-song disc that gathers up their demo tracks, the Eat Rice

7", and Second EP, all of which are out of print. The label described this as "a mix of distorted thrash with Minutemen influences", and that's

pretty much right on the money, as Breakfast engages in ripping high-speed hardcore assaults that are often so blown out that it sounds like their amps are

on the verge of catching on fire, and then manage to stop on a dime and drop into skronky, funky skate rock jams that smack my eardrums like primo Minutemen

(and I hear a lil' later Descendents in there too at times) sandwiched in between the fuzzbomb blastbeat assault. I also love how Breakfast work in these

pretty acoustic guitars and pastoral fingerpicked folk melodies into their outros, right before they blast back in with the 1000 MPH thrashcore blitz and

shear yer head right off. Seriously. This is so goofy, weird and over-the-top raging, and so ridiculously catchy, it's one of the best new releases I've

heard on 625 in years. The booklet folds out into a poster and is filled with images of the original vinyl, lotsa visual cues that reference Black Flag, DC

hardcore, and of course, their lyrics extolling the virtues of eating rice. Awesome !!!