Fried E/M: S/T 12"

POGO PUNK FOR THE SOCIETALLY INEPT LR103 - 11 song debut LP from the Fried. Just as The Germs, Zero Boys, and The Stalin before us, we too believe in a razor thin line between punk and hc. We spent 3 years painstakingly writing and recording this thing. Now that it's finally done we can Die Laughing. Anti world music for a planet in crisis.  Recorded and Mastered by Andy Peterson in St Louis Our take: This debut LP from St Louis’s Fried E/M is already a shoo-in for my best of 2020 list. I can’t think of a single thing about this record I don’t love… it’s just my style of hardcore. The base of the sound is snotty and punky US-style hardcore with a strong nihilistic streak a la the Germs, the Lewd, or Chronic Sick. While countless bands have attempted a similar style, rarely has anyone done it with this much skill, class, and elán. The guitar riffs are so broad and chunky that you might think they’re simple or tossed off, but listen closely and you’ll realize they’re composed and played