Nitad – “Varldenn Maste Do ” – [Deranged Records]

Swedish punk charges over galloping drums… A whole other Stockholm
syndrome is applied here…no hostages are left, only fans who want old
school punk. Side A keeps upping the ante until the ante bursts into
antipathetic brilliance. “Ge Mig Ge Mig” is evidently about Alkohol
and Droger…mixed in a rapid assault rock cocktail, no doubt. They are
covering the basic hardcore “food” groups pretty well. On “Ge Mig Ge Mig”
Then they even end up screaming their band’s name in a moment of triumph
… Some great simple but solid bass lines lead most of the songs, vocals
are brash…and well in Swedish…but with words like “hockeykillar”
involved, how can you go wrong? Stirs the blood…with a swizzle stick.

-Thurston Hunger