Right Now I'm Going Backwards

Seeing as I just posted a Gaunt record the other day, I figured why not post another one. This was a bonus single that came with an issue of the '90s zine Speed Kills, a zine of impressive scope if only middling quality. Not that this 7" is middling, though: shit's punk. I mean, this thing's about as blown-out as anything Rip Off ever released.

This one's for all the assholes who think stuff like Wavves and Best Coast is "lo-fi".


Gaunt -

"Solution"

"Black Cat"

I'm Standing Too Close To The Poison

Maybe they weren't the tightest-sounding punk band ever or their songs have the best hooks, but it was hard not to like Gaunt, since they sounded like a bunch of average guys who just decided to pick up some instruments one day and bash out a few songs so that Jerry Wick (god bless him) could rail against everyday shit. I wasn't really the biggest Gaunt fan right off the bat because the first couple of records I heard of theirs were sorta wimpy, like the split with New Bomb Turks. This 10" is pretty good, though. The songs remind me a lot of Starvation Army, and not just because there's a song called "Salvation Army", about all the trendy rich kids picking the thrift stores clean ("They're taking all the good shit from the Salvation Army and making my life a living hell... I'm down to my last pair of jeans... I'm down to my last pair of socks"). I'm guessing if "Silly Watches" were written today it would be about pizza or something.




Gaunt -

"Silly Watches"

"USA"

"Jim Motherfucker"