This is the third release I have heard from the Brassneck stable, and
consistency is the word here, as this completes a golden triple of
excellent records. This split brings together BuzzOrHowl from the
north-west of England with France’s Chestnut Road. I recently reviewed
the No Marks/ Hyalin split and the said Hyalin feature members of
Chestnut Road, and this is kind of in the same vein. With Hyalin I felt
like I was transported to the early nineties back to
the sounds
of Seaweed, Dinosaur Jr etc., Chestnut Road wear their UK influences a
bit more prominently. There are some fantastic guitar melodies on here,
wrenching passion and tunes out of those six strings. Add to that some
gritty vocals that carry the tune and drop some harmony vocals in here
and there, and a rock-solid rhythm section and all is well in Chestnut
Road. Moving closer to home, despite the name BUZZorHOWL sound nothing
like the Minutemen. These cats feature former members of some bands I
remember fondly, Drive and Jailcell
Recipes
so I was pretty excited to check these out. I was expecting some damn
catchy anthemic punk rock tunes, with a hardcore or even a post-hardcore
touch, and the Buzzers don’t fail to deliver. “Little Cop” starts off
on a real high and doesn’t let up, the guitars are pushed to the front
of the mix giving you plenty to listen to, and the vocals are the icing
on the cake. Their second contribution “Overesque” is an instrumental
tune that takes an almost Shellac-esque guitar sound, lots of angular
sharp edge to it, building up a repetitive catchy riff that digs itself
in. Some instrumentals feel like they are missing something whereas
others you don’t to stop and this is definitely one I could listen to
for far longer than the three and a bit minutes. Another winnner from
Brassneck.
Tom Chapman
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