Sunday, February 21, 2010

Minutemen, The Punch Line (12" EP)

The silent/runout grooves at the center of this record continue into the stickers, so that my stylus is playing the sticker. In addition to sounding bad, I have to imagine that this is bad for the stylus. It's hard to say much about a record this canonical, except perhaps that "No Parade" is my least favorite song because it sounds like anthemic punk rock and is less distinctive than the rest of the EP. I also like go out of my way to praise Spot, who is sometimes unfairly maligned (such as in the Azerrad book), for capturing the sheer intensity and emotional impact of a band who'd probably never been in a studio before.

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