NEW SEVEN-INCH REVIEWS

NECKTIES MAKE ME NERVOUS -Apparently The Khmer Rouge Are Killing Quite A Lot Of People In Portland.. EP

The punchline to the title track is ....and the punks put the pictures on the record sleeves... It's a brilliantly realized attack on the appropriation of (mostly third world) violence and suffering by punks who pair up the stolen graphics with a half-assed ..fuck war.. song.

NECKTIES MAKE ME NERVOUS plays fast, snotty, pissed-off punk rock with smart lyrics that lean towards healthy criticism of problems within the punk scene. Sound-wise they are fairly one-dimensional .. it feels like the singer is just over your shoulder screaming in your ear the whole time the record is playing, Still, this is a good record all around. It comes with lots of goodies like stickers and posters, and apparently even a CD for the turntable-deprived.
--MAXIMUMROCKNROLL

NECKTIES MAKE ME NERVOUS - S/T 7"
This is a fucking impressive debut 7" and I am gritting my teeth for a full-length!! Raw and crazy energetic hardcore punk rock. Urgent and chaotic as fuck. The attack is overpowering and magnificent..this is confrontational and intelligent..how can you fuck with that? Fantastic vocals that remind me slightly of Jesse Luscious at times, in fact, there is a slight CRIMINALS element to NECKTIES MAKE ME NERVOUS which is cool with me! There's nothing else to say- just get this and get blown away. I hope these guys are working on a full-length!!!!! Oh yeah, no need to shy away for this absolutely necessary 7" just because you don't got a record player because this 7" comes with a CD-R version too so there's no excuse!
--NO FRONT TEETH

NECKTIES MAKE ME NERVOUS: Self-titled: 7..
One day, years ago, when I was working a coffee job, a guy dressed very similarly to me..T-shirt, jeans, sneakers..came in and looked really jumpy. I didn..t ask. He just started talking as I handed him his cup. ..I was at the Golden Donut Palace up the street. Two dudes in clown masks came in and held the place up with shotguns. They only took stuff from the men in ties and the rich-looking women. Left all the manual laborers alone... That..s always stuck with me. If I ever lead a life of crime, neckties will somehow be used as a barometer. Neckties Make Me Nervous follow suit: it feels like they..re holding up rich ..picked first in kickball.. punk rockers at gunpoint with their stripped-down, gritty DIY punk that..s swollen with smarts and well-placed pride in being a societal fuck up, way past the time in life where it..s fashionable. Fans of Crimpshrine and Cleveland Bound Death Sentence take note. (Features a member of Pelvis Wesley, too.) Very satisfying. ..Todd Taylor (Geykido Comet)
--RAZORCAKE