Labels: Drunken Sailor Records/Voice From Inside Tapes
Formats: Vinyl/Tape/Digital
Release Date: 24 May 2019
Tracklist:
1. Huele A Muerte
2. Me Das Asco
3. El Infierno
4. Vida De Mentiras
5. Rincones Polvorientos
6. Falsos Aliados
7. No Podemos Ser
8. Silencio Absoluto
9. Ya Esta Bien (La Uvi Cover)
10. Queremos Ver El Mundo Arder
Raw and angry punk from Mexico makes for a perfect accompaniment to this slightly hungover bank holiday Monday. This is the latest album from Monterrey's newest queer, pink punks Heterofobia and was released on vinyl and digitally by UK label Drunken Sailor Records only last week, while there has also been a tape pressing via Voice From Inside Tapes from the Ukraine. Spanish language punk with more than a nod towards the garage punk and death rock sounds of the 80s, with a La Uvi cover to boot.
There’s an ominous atmosphere that greets you on album opener Huele A Muerte, with it’s authoritative percussion, riffs that sound slightly anti-melodic and the shouted vocals. It’s not blasting like crust punk but it has as caustic edge to it that’s really infectious. It’s also fairly mid-paced but it leads into the more urgent Me Das Asco, which makes use of dual vocals and a larger garage punk influence.
El Infierno has a real danceable goth-like vibe to it, despite the destructive vocals. It’s over too quickly. Talking of being over too quickly, Vida De Mentiras is the shortest song on “Queremos…” and as a result, it’s stark urgency is all too obvious. Heterofobia’s sound is perfect on here. There’s nothing too technical about it but then punk doesn’t need to be. Before you know it, you’re racing to the album’s mid-point with Rincones Polvorientos. It’s tempo seems to get faster and faster as it goes, but I may be imagining that.
Falsos Aliados is death-rock personified. It’s cruel and dystopian march is oddly hypnotic. Heterofobia really let themselves go on No Podemos Ser, which has to be the loudest and most aggressive song on “Queremos…”. The bass tones on Silencio Absoluto are strangely soothing at first, even if the song itself isn’t so. They cover of Ya Esta Bien by Spanish 80s punks La Uvi and they manage to retain the caustic sound of the original while also pumping their own melody into it.
The album finishes with the title-track and the distilled anger set against the backdrop of garage-punk instrumentation is a contrast that definitely works in Heterofobia’s favour. It may not be an easy listen for some but it’s well worth dedicating the time to if you are a fan of punk in its many forms.
You can stream and purchase "Queremos Ver El Mundo Arder" directly from Heterofobia below:-
Heterofobia - https://www.facebook.com/Heterofobia
Physical copies can be purchased from the labels below:-
Drunken Sailor Records - http://www.drunkensailorrecords.co.uk/
Voice From Inside Tapes - https://voice-tapes.blogspot.com/p/releases
Drunken Sailor Records - https://www.facebook.com/DrunkenSailorRecords/
Voice From Inside Tapes - https://www.facebook.com/voicefrominside666/
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