Angel Face – Angel Face

 

 

Angel Face – Angel Face
Slovenly Recordings – 2023
Punk, Garage
Rated: ***

Angel Face, the new (since 2021) formation featuring members of The Fadeways and Teengenerate comes straight out of Tokyo, Japan to takes us back to the golden days of punk. Listening to their debut full-sized, ten track, twenty minutes long blast from the past, you would assume that there would not even be a hint of a record deal for these guys, but of course the too cool for school Slovenly Recordings already found out about them and signed them in a methamphetamine heartbeat. On the other hand, its logical somebody immediately picked them up, cause the guys and girl from those two bands toured the globe under those and more monikers like: American Soul Spiders, Raydios, Ruler and Firestarter. Legends in their own right, legends in the underground Tokyo punk scene. Angel Face is primitive and angry, but that anger isn’t necessarily that of the violent type, but more of a jubilant, tequila shot and dance wildly kind of rage. Anthemic and atavistic, this is the antidote to all the lousy music you might have heard during the week. Had to deal with a pop radio channel at work all day? Play Angel Face to get rid of that ugly taste and foul smell. Got stuck in an elevator and had to sit through a jazzy instrumental version of Sinatra’s biggest hits? Put on the album’s second track USA and you will be straight in the head again within two minutes. It’s loud and meant to be played loud, this is that ramshackle garage meant to be blasted at a garbage disposal site down the street or at one of the last semi-secret squat bars of whatever city you might live in. Perhaps not meant for the rural part of the country, as third track Big City, with riveting sing-a-long’s tries to encapsulate. Raw power, often harkening back to early sixties pop melodies, but extrapolated to the point of an explosive meltdown. And you will have one, drinking that dubious Japanese gin and dancing your ass off in front of the speakers. As vocalist Hercules used to do as a fan at their shows before he joined the band. But with the infectious Hercules handcuffed to the microphone, the now foursome are set to smile their pearly punk smile across the globe and wow the audience with their Angel Face…  

(Written by JK)

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