You Gotta Sleep Sometime And That's When I'll Set The Fire

A split of two Australian bands (actually one's not-so-Australian, that's just a lame joke) doing Halo of Flies covers... neither one can touch the original, but Vertigo does way better than their miserable Crime cover, at least... Cosmic Psychos rule in general, I wish I owned more of their records.




Vertigo -

"You Get Nothing"

Cosmic Psychos -

"Garbage Rock"

So Now You Know What I'm Going Through

"Self Mutilation vol. 3" is probably the comp that had me thinking for a lot of years that Vertigo were an Australian band, which only goes to show that I probably didn't read the sleeve to this record very well. Despite the obvious noise/grunge factor due to the times, this is actually a pretty decent compilation, and on violet-colored vinyl no less. Vertigo cover the redoubtable Flesheaters, and Nunbait cover one of my favorite songs of all time, the Bastards' "Shit For Brains" (tho it's a decidedly low-calorie version). Then on the flipside you've got the Stump Wizards, from Pennslyvania, with probably my favorite track on the whole comp-- a cover of "Fire" from Brian Wilson's "Smile".

The only band I'm leaving off is Seaweed, who were all poised to become the Kiss of the '90s until, you know, Kiss became the Kiss of the '90s. While their track (the only non-cover on the comp) doesn't completely suck, there's some noticeable wobbles in the source tape, meaning the decision was already made for me.




Vertigo -

"Shallow Water"

Nunbait -

"Shit For Brains"

Stump Wizards -

"Fire"

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Can't Rub It Off Even If I Try

A twin-guitar Australian* death ray done up Am Rep style, meaning you should be prepared to get smacked in the head by this. If you're still not convinced, give the first track ("Rub") a listen-- what the hell, it's only about 50 seconds long, right?-- and see if that doesn't float your boat. "At the 7th Street Entry we dropped some acid; did anybody see it?", or so the guy says in "Smoked", and if there ever was a song that shoulda been a locked groove, that's the one right there.

A big-holed 7-inch that plays on 33; now that's just fucken weird.

*okay, maybe not




Vertigo -

"Rub"

"Snakes"

"Smoked"

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