The Adolescents/Sevtlanas — Hot War 7″ Split

The Hot War 7″ Split between The Adolescents and Svetlana is simultaneously both militant and eco-friendly. It mixes like Russians in the NHL or vodka in your Coca-Cola. Hot War is aggressive, sugary-sucrose fallout from a pop punk war that never was.

Banned from Russia, Svetlanas are sarcastic and brash in their eastern fronting. “Tales From The Alpha Brigade” sounds like GWAR translated through Google withe bloody, bloody violence on the track. Olga strangles the words as they leave her lips–“Fuck, Kill, Rape!”–so violent, yet so feminine as she hisses at you. Like Drago’s wife/manager in Rocky IV. Oh yeah, they went there on the album art. Rad.

The Adolescents sound like eco-terrorists as they bookend Svetlanas’ two track attack. “Fukushima Lemon Twist” is damnation of nuclear power in under two minutes. “Forever Summer” too, is blatant in its fear of nuclear powered summer on the west coast. The harmonies are beautiful on the final track–you hear the history of west coast punk coming out of a short and stiff set on the split it’s, Gods, amazeballs. The Adolescents  are still doing the good work overseas in Europe (their last two albums were released on Concrete Jungle over there), and Hot War makes you fall in love with them all over again. Plus, fall in love with Svetlanas–their new album is set to be produced by The Dwarves own Blag Dahlia.