Swound! – We Are A Danger (Stressed Sumo Records)
There’s definitely something in here. Unfortunately you have to plough through two minutes of self-consciously irritating faux-punk to get there. The vocals are flat and the lyrics uninspiring, and there’s a break for group screaming that desperately wants to be dangerous and out of control, but rather ends up as a grating slice of ‘look at us, we’re mad, we are’ desperation. Shame, because the last minute is great – a memorable hook and well-structured interlacing vocals bring the song to a satisfying conclusion. Shame about the first half, though.
