LMI – Excess Subconscious
Handstand Records / Maniyax Records – 2020
Rock, Punk, Core, Scream, Noise, Stoner
Rated: ***
LMI stands for Lazy Middle-class Intellectuals. If you did not know that, you do know. If you already knew, you know what LMI will do to you! Their new album Excess Subconscious just came out through Handstand Records and Maniyax Records and will blow all the dust, anger, paranoia and angst out of your brain in one fell swoop. The screamo, hardcore, punk noise that blasts through your head during eleven short and concise tracks gets just enough of the earlier stoner treatment to not only turn your mind inside out but also your body. The manic rhythm changes and the stomp and pounce of the drums is just pure insanity. Impossible to sit still with this one. No easy listening here. No wonderous trip through the universe. No, no, no, this is not for the feeble or the faint of heart. This is music for those of us who are on the end of their tether. The ones that dipped one to many times into the cup o’ crazy or attended a few to many of the gin tasting sessions down the road. The evil shrieks, snarls and screams translating all those wicked emotions and all those toxic vapors and dangerous recesses of the subconscious mind. LMI, three lunatics, three maniacs, three insane individuals that have delivered some damn powerful stuff with Excess Subconscious!
(Written by JK)
