Jackdaw with Crowbar, Monarchy Mayhem and Fi$hpaste (12" EP)

Jackdaw with Crowbar's first 12" EP features 3 driving punk songs and a dub exploration.  The punk songs vaguely resemble Gang of Four-influenced contemporaries like Bogshed, but with less conventional structures or lyrical flow.  While the dub workout "Fourth World" is less evolved in execution than the group's later efforts in this style on their album Hot Air, it illustrates that the group's far-reaching creative vision dates to their inception.  The rock songs sound lo-fi and midrange-y, but "Fourth World" includes much richer use of high frequencies.  Monarchy Mayhem and Fi$hpaste has a collage on the cover—the images are historical and seem vaguely political, but it's hard to discern their exact meaning.