BATTLEBEATS
"Search & Destroy" LP
To cite Faster &
Louder: "The sound here is raw and ferocious, with songs alternating
between the wild, blown-out rock and roll of tracks like "You're
My Wild One" and "I Wanna Break Away" and the snot-drenched
rage of "She's So Overrated". This is exactly the way lo-fi
garage punk ought to be: cheaply-recorded, brimming with untamed energy,
and stripped to the essence of three-chord simplicity. Songs for the most
part clock in under two minutes - and even at seventeen tracks, the album
leaves me wanting more. Crank up the volume and make like the '90s never
ended!" Andresa plays everything on his own - working with a guitar
plugged into an overdrive pedal and a 15-watt amp, a floor tom-snare drum
set, tambourine, and no bass. The band story sounds like a budget rock
fairytale, young fanboy Andresa touring with prior band Japan, going to
a bar after a show to meet his idol Fifi of TEENGENERATE! Showing drawings
and pledge for song lyrics, Fifi is overwhelmed and happy to share the
same instincts for rocknroll and power pop. Like a long lost ninja son,
he suggest the band name for his new indonesian friend and BATTLEBEATS
are born. He got his first 45 "You Stabbed Me In The Back" out
on Post Party Deppression in the US in late 2020. You may have heard the
chords before, but this Rock and Roll rawness is turning you inside out
and you feel the TEENTRASH kid in you just going wild. It´s like
having a beer and wondering why it tastes so good as you never had a beer
before! Next time your uncle habitually grabs his stained PERSUADERS records,
you can easily send him off the rocking chair. "Search & Destroy"
got additional KILLER analog vinyl mastering by A-HULEHULE and BARATTO
in Berlin and you won´t believe the outcome. Limited first edition
to 300 copies, 200 black, 100 in clear vinyl with black swirls on ALIEN
SNATCH! budget rock sisterhood division. |