CONFLICT- THE UNGOVERNABLE FORCE

 

Poor Conflict. No doubt there are thousands of punks out there right now with a Conflict patch on their vest or maybe a copy of one of their records but in comparison to CRASS and Discharge, Conflict are sort of an afterthought to most people. However, I think Conflict are musically so much better than both of those bands. They combine the tendencies of CRASS's avant-garde fixations with Discharge's rawness without forgetting that they're a punk-rock band. Every Conflict recording I've heard has been pretty damn good, ESPECIALLY the Serenade is Dead EP, but in terms of meaty full lengths, this is the one to hear!

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EXIT STANCE- WHILE BACKS ARE TURNED

Just some good, kind of gothy anarcho-punk for you to enjoy. It's got throbbing bass, really weird guitar playing and reverberated-to-shit drumming... the vocals are cool too. I don't hear this band mentioned very often, especially over lesser anarcho bands like Poison Girls, Anthrax(UK!) or Zounds... shame because this record is really cool and more than just some tinny guitar playing a 1-3-5 progression and some dude with charged-hair yelling about rich people. Did I mention it was kind of gothy?

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