Shitbastard - S/T 7" (1994)

Of all the random cheap hardcore records I bought over the years cause of cool bandnames/covers, this is one of the most brain-damaged. Basement-level sloppy hardcore with weird grunt-sing vocals that veer into Eric Cartman territory. They play it fast and loose like early Meat Puppets, with the clear guitar tone showing every missed note and twisted change in all its glory. Definite shit-fi potential.

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Primevil - Smokin' Bats at Camptons (1974)

This one gets really fun really quickly, with pristinely-recorded rural gentleness breaking out into intense virtuoso jamming and wild vocals. The rhythm section keep it heavy and funky while the guitar leads head for the stratosphere. In theory I find the barroom muso vibe kinda gross, but the execution is so wild and entertaining I don't care. I pick up some low-rent early 70s Dead overtones too, which is always a bonus.

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Blessed End - Movin' On (1971)

I know I've been away for a while, walk it off you crybabies.
To make assistance for crybaby walking, here is downer organ psych gem. This record came out around about the time Jim Morrison died, and I'd say The Doors + the cold embrace of the grave is a pretty good formula for describing this record. Far less pretentious and flamboyant than Morrison and co, this has a gritty real people vibe and direct downer lyrics (this is PA not LA). Powerful vocal performance that reminds me of Sinatra's most downcast moments. No distortion or fuzz here but plenty of doomed, quasi-proto-goth atmospheres.

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