DISPLEASE
"Think!" CD 2010
(Old Hat/Drink And Be Merry/Imhopang/Trismus/Miravoice)
I have the pleasure to introduce you the newcomers of the Ukrainian crust movement, namely DISPLEASE from Uzhgorod. This band was born in August 2009 as a kind of side project incorporating members from local punk, hardcore & grindcore bands. But now it's more than clear that DISPLEASE functioning as a fulltime band. Their debut album "Think!" has been out a few weeks ago and I have to say it's an awesome crust release. Musically you will find all the traditional trademarks of the aforesaid style there and the "dis" prefix will kindly assure you about the band's dedication to DISCHARGE and the love to the d-beats. The album starts with a groovy intro, which shortly turns into the killer riffs of "Online Slaves". It follows "Victim of Overconsumption" that, in my opinion, is one of the best songs on this album, really memorable tune. The plain- but really well-constructed "Dead Justice" & "Urban Prison" songs continue the d-beat rapture. "Alcoholocaust" is the next cut that combines a quite catchy mid-paced riff in the middle plus some blasts at the very end of the song. When a track has a title "Nuclear War" it should be definitely fast as hell and to combine as many as possible blasts. So it was done perfectly and the grinding atmosphere further increases in the song called "Can We Call It Food?" and smoothly transforms into the slow yet depressive riffs of "Mercy of Slumber", a cover of RUDIMENTARY PENI. In fact, this is the longest song on the album, but really good choice as the dark mood of the song makes the so-called "calm before the storm" effect. The aftermath is "Pathetic" with its hateful lyrical content & raw punk riffing. "Anthem" starts as a typical crust song, but after a few seconds it turns to a really cool track, mainly due to the well-structured vocal parts and great bass & guitar solos in the middle. The album ends with the desperate, both music- & lyrics-wise, song titled as "Ecocide". I believe you've got a good insight into the lyrical content of the album by the song titles mentioned. In case, you aren't, I can tell you most of them are social oriented and focusing on the biggest mistakes of humanity ever. "Think!" lasts a little bit more than 21 minutes and can be obtained from any of the above listed labels (as you see it was a co-operation between 5 labels, underground rules supreme!) or directly from the band. There's only one thing I forgot and that goes to the overall sound of the album. But don't worry; it's totally OK as the material got a really cool & enjoyable old-school feeling, which makes it just even more worth to listen to! Oh, almost forget to mention the superior design and nice digipack packaging, so get your pen, keyboard or whatever and write to the band immediately! Crust or die!!!
MySpace:
www.myspace.com/displeasepunk