When I first heard Shitdisco, the New Rave band from Scotland, I thought that simply from the name they ought to be something that I’d enjoy, the vulgarity combined with disco sounded like prime dance-punk material. Although, when I heard “Disco Blood”, nothing from the track really stuck with me. I realize now that I must have been hearing impaired or something that day. In context with the rest of the album there are much better songs, but that track wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought it was, but when you compare it to the in your face hook and dance grooves of “OK” (9) or the breakneck ferocity of “Reactor Party” (2), it just pales in comparison. Shitdisco uses those familiar thrashy dance-punk rhythms with the traditional arsenal of bass guitar and keyboards and the occasional howl from lead singer Joe Reeves to great effect. While they don’t necessarily bring anything new and polished to the table, they more than make up for it with their level of enthusiasm. The songs are as raw as they are catchy. I can only imagine the sweaty fervor that they would evoke live.
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