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BUGS AND RATS  Smart As A Whip  CD   (Not Common)   9.98
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Sludgy, feedback-splattered indie rock that taps the early 90's vein of dirgey, noisy stuff, coming off like a fucked up, garagey alter ego of NIRVANA's

Bleach...or the MELVINS, if their sludgerock was blasted out of tinny practice-amp speakers, lo-fi and super noisy and wreathed in gnarly feedback

and distorted narcoleptic vocals. This twelve song album also channels sloppy hardcore blasts and degenerate Midwestern scumrock attitude into a buzzing,

jangling tantrum that would have fit well on Am Rep about thirteen years ago. Of course, we at Crucial Blast are big fans of this sort of noxious, dirgey

rock, and BUGS AND RATS (which we think is a killer name, by the way) certainly hits the spot in terms of pure head-bashing, lo-fi, grizzled pop hooks bombed

to oblivion with hideous distortion and yowling vocals. While not mega-heavy like fellow contemporary neo-noise-rock purveyors JUMBOS KILLCRANE and DACTYL,

BUGS AND RATS are nevertheless a much noisier and drugged out blast. It's good stuff.