COLISEUM / LORDS - Moral Damage - CD
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4.00€
Description
Collects material from Coliseum's Goddamage EP (tracks 3 to 10), Lords' "Moral Darkness" 7" (tracks 12 to 16) and the Coliseum/Lords Split 7" (tracks 18 to 23), all released on Auxiliary Records. Includes a spoken word track explaining the circumstances of "Colordsiseum," a live collaboration by both bands in Summer 2004 and one collaborative track.
Released for the Coliseum and Lords first European tour in 2006.
"This is the sort of life-affirmingly practical release
designed for lazy fuckos like me who aren't as on the ball as the total
vinyl obsessives who probably own all this already. What you get is a
bargain-busting 75 minutes worth of music, the contents as follows:
- Coliseum's "Goddamage" EP, formerly on Manic Ride Records, home of the magnificent Jed Whitey
- Lords' "Moral Darkness" 7"
- the Coliseum / Lords split 7"
and
as a bonus not to be found anywhere else, you're treated to two
exclusive tracks by "CoLordsiseum", a hideous hybrid mutant featuring
both bands sparring off each other. These are fun tunes, disposable as
anything else either band has done, but still worthy of inclusion.
Opening with an amusing story (that basically extends to the bands
playing a house show where they just plugged in every amp they could
find) relayed by a former roadie backed by a one-note chugging riff,
things get off to a not-bad start. "Pig's Eye" is what I've come here
for though - proper bloody-minded, blazing Motorhead worship. Bring it
on.
Coliseum do just that with their refreshingly
straight-up hardcore punk. No more, no less, and that's totally fine
with me, because they never allow things to get boring. They know not to
outstay their welcome, songs ending at just the right time, releases
never getting into double LP territory. What makes them so addictive is
when they chuck out the odd bit of epic minor chord progression in the
riffs that really hit home hard. See "Miracle Cure" for ample proof. And
anyway, if it ain't broke, don't fix it!
Lords are
garage rock filtered through a metal upbringing, or The Jesus Lizard
Blues Explosion if you're really pressed for time. It shouldn't work,
all sassy and hectic and hairy, but it definitely, definitely,
DEFinitely does because they're unafraid to get really down and really
dirty when it's needed. It's cool these two bands hooked up all
friendly-like (maybe that was forced upon them in the sparse Louisville
musical landscape), as they're quite different in feel and sound, but it
really is a match made in heaven when it clicks." (Collective Zine)