ALL GONE
Review from Negative Guest List zine: Grog Pappy is a small-run tape label outta Newcastle . So far it has served to release tapes by some of the dozen or so groups that the guy who runs it is involved in (Cock Safari, Rotted Crow, Brassskulls among ‘em). Mermaids is a more recent venture featuring Mycle Leechskins and Polyfox French. The “piece” here, “Mermaids Play Guitars” is just that, the two knuckleheads bashing away at heavily-processed stringed apparatuses. The “playing” part is debatable though. One of the dueling geets sounds like a low-end plane crash, the other a collapsing pile of junk. The scope of sounds they get outta their instruments is applaudable. Mermaids make something that sounds at home in the Providence, RI noise spectrum (Weasel Walter, Landed, et al) or, more appropriately, it sounds like it’s from Newcastle.
Cock Driller is self-described as “Drillbit riding Cock Safari” if you are familiar with one or both of these freaks (you should be), you’ll begin to understand what this entails. The Cock Driller side is their set first live set, recorded at Sedition in Sydney. They combine abused tapes and demented electronics in one of the best cacophonies of shit I’ve heard lately. Some it had me wondering if the cassette was actually being chewed in the deck, it’s that fucked. The best thing about this track is the patience they employ, riding out all the good sounds for a fair amount of time. This tape rivals the ’97 premiership win as a historical highpoint for Newcastle
Cock Driller is self-described as “Drillbit riding Cock Safari” if you are familiar with one or both of these freaks (you should be), you’ll begin to understand what this entails. The Cock Driller side is their set first live set, recorded at Sedition in Sydney. They combine abused tapes and demented electronics in one of the best cacophonies of shit I’ve heard lately. Some it had me wondering if the cassette was actually being chewed in the deck, it’s that fucked. The best thing about this track is the patience they employ, riding out all the good sounds for a fair amount of time. This tape rivals the ’97 premiership win as a historical highpoint for Newcastle
| $6.00pp in Australia | Title: The Mermaids & Cockdriller split' |
| running time 46minutes | full colour covers | released April 2011 | grogpappy07 |
| email: grogpappy(at)gmail.com
