I think that Dead Meadow has
warped my mind. Ever since their fantastic performance Tuesday night,
which I described yesterday, I have been pouring over their catalog and
while normally that wouldn't be an issue I feel the need for a break so for
the sake of not completely drifting into psyched-out acid land I am going to
use Child Bite and their spastic punk to snap me out of it. Child Bite
are a trio from Michigan that, as I mentioned, are spazz-punks but instead
of confusing listeners with chaos they throw in various pop and avant-garde
elements. The best part is that when you put all of that together you
get some spazz-rock that is accessible, which makes me think that it would
be nice if more bands in the genre took a second to turn down the spazz a
bit. In any case both of the songs below are from the band's debut
album, Wild Beast, so enjoy!
:Child
Bite - Bone/Sleep:
This song is almost too much fun; Danny Sperry's drumming is
incredibly energetic, Zach Norton's bass is more than groovy and Shawn
Knight has the perfect amount of spazz in both his vocals and guitar riffs.
Bone/Sleep is short, coming in at two minutes, but I think that is a perfect
length given that the song is pretty much a pop explosion (quick and loud);
the band seems to have the chops to create a 10 minute epic if they wanted
but this works so well I'm not sure there would be any point.
:Child Bite - Broach For Two:
For whatever reason this song seems a lot different when compared to
Bone/Sleep and I think that it might be because it feels more like a
pop-punk song than a piece of spazz-rock. Don't get me wrong, for the
most part the spazz is still very prevalent but it disappears during the
chorus and I think that it gives the band a completely different edge.
Whatever the sound Child Bite is good at making it accessible and while
Broach For Two shows that quality it also lets you know that they will
never be boring.
Child Bite is anxiously awaiting you on
Myspace but I'm sure they wouldn't mind
waiting a little longer if you are feeling the immediate need to pick up
Wild Beast, which can be done
here.
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