ARBOGA TEENAGE RIOT Ugly Crew Demos (Daft Alliance) cd 7.98 Once again, we can just tell when a record is going to be a hit here. Something intangible that tells us that everyone is going to absolutely love (or absolutely hate but still need to own) this record. We felt it about the Conet Project. Hatebeak. Daddy's Curses. The Thai Elephant Orchestra. And now Arboga Teenage Riot. The story goes like this. Our pal Nathan was on tour in Europe and while travelling through Sweden, two young ladies handed him a tape. The tape sat in the bottom of his bag, unlistened to for months. On his return to the states he remembered the tape, put it in the stereo, pushed play and had his mind promptly blown. And we'll have to admit we feel exactly the same way. Imagine ultra lo-fi, high energy techno / gabber, all four on the floor beats and cheesy synths, whistles and those kinds of melodies usually reserved for cheerleading competitions. "You All Ready For this?!?!" DONK DONK DONK DONK DONK DONK DONK! You know of what we speak. So now imagine two teenage girls, sometimes making upSwedish lyrics anc chanting them in cute sing-songy harmonies, but more often, just screaming and growling hysterically in their best aproximationof black metal vocals, sounding like they were just dubbed over the music on a boombox (which they probably were). This is the real digital hardcore! Or more accurately ANALOG HARD CORE!!! If Alec Empire had any balls Arboga Teenage Riot would be the next DHR superstars. ATR taketechno and black metal and riot grrl and DIY recording and turn it into a totally bizarre, fascinating, fun and funny masterpiece! The cover is prettysharp too, a huge swamp beast thing emerging from the water, beneath a hot pink totally illegible Arboga Teenage Riot black metal style logo! Fuckyeah!
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 27 September 2004 18:34 (twenty-one years ago)
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 27 September 2004 18:37 (twenty-one years ago)
You'd definitely like Bathtub Shitter. No guitars, though the girls sound "Japanese." There's definitely a coincidental Five Starcle Men thing going on there, too.
― George Smith, Monday, 27 September 2004 19:00 (twenty-one years ago)
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 27 September 2004 19:17 (twenty-one years ago)
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