He Who Is Named
Media blackouts protecting the powerful elite don't extend to the punk edges, evidently. Out there, outer-city and beyond — a land of the last industrial monuments, forgotten unbalanced water-to-toxicity swamps, some snarling scum in a 1976 LX Sunbird etc — the low-rises lack the sufficient stories to successfully block out all the blinding brightness, thus exposing all inches of ugliness/beauty in perfect clarity. All the filthiness of that thunderous looped intro, every punctuated "cunt" and, of course, the full name of the suppressed subject here, he who rhymes with "burn in hell".
Not sure where this leaves us, sea-girted word recyclers of legally non-represented Mood Boards. But, inspired by the law-snubbing antics of newly-formed Sydney punks-not-journalists Negative Gears and their real top-shelf face-spitter "U.M." we say: (a) shove ya gag orders; and (b) surely Soundcloud's involvement here as data hosts (and surely with Terms and Conditions-buried rights handed over upon upload) absolve us from all responsibilities and future legal actions/threats. Please don't sue us Jesus.
"U.M." is just the second offering from Negative Gears, following up from 2018's "2020 Vision". The band, which features members of Sinkhead and Pinkbatts, include both tracks (and some others) on their debut 12" EP, due February via Disinfect.
You can also catch Negative Gears playing Friday at Marrickville Golf Club as part of this weekend's Nag Nag Nag festival. The line-up also features Lucy Cliche, Cure (not 'The'), Dispossessed, Low Life, Drug Sweat, Concrete Lawn and heaps of others.