EP Review: Incisions/Pizzatramp – ‘Do You Know Who You Look Like’ 7″ Split

TNS Records bring us this riotous split between two formidable bands of the underground punk circuit. Incisions, Manchester faux-crust shredders charging forward on a wave of political aggression, take the A-Side, while Caldicot trio Pizzatramp commit their sonically unruly, trashy live energy to the B-Side.

Incisions:

A teasing doom riff quickly sees ‘New Day’ shatter into a speedy, lashing affair. It’s direct; tightly arranged and performed (this is the first of the band’s releases to feature ex-Riggots bandmember Martin Battle on guitar) and Incisions at their most muscular. The band themselves asserting via Facebook that this is ‘heavier than anything we’ve done before.’

‘Jennifer Aniston’ opens with a looping, lurching brute of a bass line that ruptures into chaos unpinned by machine-gun drumming.  The ‘chorus’ blurs past by way of brawny hardcore before reharnessing the coarse effervescency; Jordan Lloyd razing his vocal chords in defiance – “Don’t tell me what to do ‘cos I’ve had enough of it..”. Ruinous.

Pizzatramp:

Not many would have had Pizzatramp down as contributing the longest track of this release.   ‘Knighthoods Are For Cunts’ is sheer unfiltered anger dispensed via contorted skate-punk. The track oscillates between cohesion and disarray – strings veer on snapping in unison as the drumkit threatens to come apart under the pace; and veins bulge in constricting snarls and sneers – It’s irate and gobby and rowdy.

Noise Emergency 3000 – as the title would suggest – is an absolutely unrelenting thrash track littered with Jim the Postman’s throat-cremating howls and squeals of feedback. It doubles over on itself to descend into a crushing half-speed breakdown that can barely contain the ferocity taken out on the instruments. Exhausting.

Like blisteringly furious DIY punk delivered with devastating dynamism? ‘Do You Know Who You Look Like’ is available in physical and digital formats on 27^th March through TNS Records: pre-order here.

Incisions have more music available over on Bandcamp; keep up-to-date through Facebook. Pizzatramp also have Facebook and Bandcamp pages.