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greennoiserecords.com
(US) Feb 2024
ALIEN
SNATCH! (Berlin)
are with back with a vengeance! And going back to Texas for material (where
they previously picked up HEX DISPENSERS, GOLDEN BOYS, JEWWS, EERIE FAMILY,
BAD SPORTS, RADIOACTIVITY...), this longplayer from Sex Mex (San Antonio), their
first vinyl release (after a few cassette releases), Rebecca Moore and the San
Antonio boys (Nick, Matthew and Nathan), Rebecca singing at the beginning (I
assume) before handing the mic to the boys, electric-spark punk rock, stomp
that heel into the frayed wire of the old PacMan machine, dimestore wine mixed
with heavy doses of bitter cough syrup, amphetamine salts and dandelion glogg,
punk rock drenched in synth (and/or organ), a date with your new squeeze at
the late-night roller rink, sticky Cracker Jack fingers supergluing fist clenched
together, wet kisses sweet with Annie Green Springs, grins topped with the foam
from root beer floats spiked with 151 rum and leaving you with a scowl as she
skates off with your best friend Russ with the stuffed purple brontosaurus stuffed
under her arm, the one you won for her on claw-grab machine, and all you can
do is grab a slice from under the heat lamp glowing red and put another quarter
in the tabletop PacMan machine and hope for the best...dark fun fast punches
of punk rock to the face, going for the gonads, completely coming from the gut
but continuing a Texas tradition of punk rock n roll with plenty of pogo pop
and droves of low-fi drive...the guitars and everything else pushed together
into a tightly knit fuzzy ball of rhythm...as it should be...I'll never tire
of junk like this. This is what we need today! (mw)
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#173 APR 2024 Junge,
die Trefferquote bei ALIEN SNATCH! bleibt einfach verdammt hoch. Synthpunk mit
einer primitiven Beatbox, minimalen Melodien und einem ordentlichen Drive kann
so verdammt geil sein und immer noch eine Hitdichte abliefern, bei denen die
Songs nicht schon wie tausendmal gehört klingen. Natürlich gibt es
Ähnlichkeiten und Referenzen wie Jay Reatard, SPITS, NAZI DEATH CAMP, frühe
DIGITAL LEATHER und und und, aber die Texaner ziehen das mit einem ganz eigenen
Charme durch, der keine Gefangenen macht und auch niemanden zurücklässt.
Wer hier nicht mindestens einen Hit findet, der zündet, kann sich auch
gleich mit einem Schraubenzieher das Trommelfell durchlöchern, weil irgendwann
fehlt der Synthesizer nahezu komplett und wir sind bei den REATARDS angekommen.
Klingt wie bei allen Bands von Jay Reatard wie ein First Take ohne viel Nacharbeit
und Gefeile an der Songstruktur. „Hit?“ „Hit! Raus damit.“
Und dann immer wieder diese kleinen, fiesen Ohrwürmer. Ich bin hingerissen.
(KS)
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RUMORE (IT) March 2024 Giusto pochi mesi fa il gruppo synth punk del texano Nathan Gray esordiva su vinile con un EP finito in cima al boxino Weird R’n’R. Concludevo la recensione con “segnatevi il nome Sex Mex”. Ora c’è solo da passare alla cassa della tedesca Alien Snatch! che ha pubblicato un padellone a 33 giri con i quattro pezzi dell’EP, due pezzi già editi su cassetta e ben sette inediti. Si parte a razzo con il profluvio di sintetizzatori, la voce filtrata e arrembante di New Girl. Il livello rimane alto per tutto l’album connotato da una marcata esuberanza melodica e ganci a go-go (Good Friends, Dubble Bubble Blowout). La capacità di costruire ritornelli così appiccicosi e la medio-bassa fedeltà non di maniera portano a Jay Reatard (You Belong To Me), inginocchiato sull’altare dei Devo e su quello dei Ramones. (78/100, MG)