In the event you like hardcore primarily based punk with a steel edge, CARSEX are a bunch it’s good to hear. Hailing from Lengthy Seashore, CA., with Nigel Burk on the helm offering a various vocal show – these guys play like targeted monsters, and that’s not at all times the case in punk rock. They bring about selection on their newest EP launch, ‘Human Curiosity.’ And that’s what they do, discover subjects in regards to the human situation in 2025, on seven cuts of principally heavy-handed items of music that exhibit their musical chops – punk or not. CARSEX cowl an assortment of types from 1979 to current, displaying a spread that almost all bands don’t have nowadays.
CARSEX got here collectively from totally different bands, and so they match like a well-oiled machine with a lot of musicianship and swagger to spare. “Sitting Geese” begins it out with a bang to get what’s mainly an idea album going. It’s punk however it’s additionally a large number of different issues masking the topic of society watching itself burn and doing nothing about it. “Crooked Canvas” has extra of a Jim Carroll vibe with a 90s twist, however that’s a very good factor, particularly for any punk fan who can acknowledge it. You don’t need to be of a sure age to understand the affect of their forebears.
“Past the Bushes” has extra of another rock membership sound to it, with a unprecedented left flip in tempo, and Burk pulls off his most interesting second on ‘Human Curiosity’, IMHO. That is one thing you possibly can take heed to all day lengthy with out losing interest, so it charges excessive on my repeat listing. Issues prepare dinner again up with “Fuck This”, which rolls on robust like a freight practice in comparison with “Past The Bushes”, however works properly to maintain the momentum of the EP going, and is a tough rocking showcase for the band.
“Landmine” is the featured video monitor, and to my ears probably the most commercially accessible track on ‘Human Curiosity’. The video, directed by Chris Michael, makes use of colours and shades successfully within the imagery. Some followers of CARSEX may realize it’s the observe as much as their track “Your Lesson,” so it ties them again to the band’s earlier work. “Landmine” alone is definitely worth the worth of admission, however there’s a lot extra right here to discover and take in it’s price describing each monitor for what it’s price. Try the video for extra proof, and there’s much more to look at on their YouTube channel.
“D.Ok.C.” is somewhat more durable to wrap the top round, not lyrically, however musically it’s a bone crushing track filled with instrumental bombast. So far as the lyrics go it explains why, and that’s as a result of it’s about seeing faculty taking pictures’s depicted from a father’s viewpoint. And in spite of everything that, the rise and fall story of “Stella” the rock star is advised, to take issues out in fashion with one of many extra attention-grabbing elements of ‘Human Curiosity’ – the place they could’ve even saved the very best for final. This ferocious set is price your time, and reveals these veterans at their greatest.
Mindy McCall
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