Hanging Like A Hex – September 2019
Casual Burn kind of sound like what would happen if acid casualty hippies into Black Sabbath caught wind of punk ten years before it actually became a thing and tried their hand at it. The first half of this record is lo-fi garage punk with sung vocals that have a bratty edge to them and a scrappy recording. The B-side opens up with a lost Pentagram riff buried under piles of used heroin baggies, and honestly, it’s really the only part of this record I’m feeling (not because I’m into heroin or Pentagram, it’s just a solid riff). The B-side kind of continues in that vein, so it really sounds more like two EPs of different styles thrown onto one record. I get why band purposefully roll with semi-shitty recordings in order to create a certain vibe (because in 2019 there’s no reason why a band can’t get a decent recording with just a smidgen of effort), but in this case I feel it kind of hinders the band. I can’t say I’m really into this overall, but if this description gets yr gusher flowing who am I to stop you from checking it out?
