FEDERATION X
American Folk Horror (Estrus Records)
Reviewed by Holly Day

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Oh, this is angry, scary stuff, like clips from a small town newspaper turned into songs about murder and suspected neighborhood Satanic cults. The music is abrasive and angry, the whine of guitar lurching against the background of bass and percussion as though the guitarist is propped up against the wall and about to fall down, while the vocals are muted and staticky and screaming, a bad phone call from the drunk psychopath down the street. It ain't dance music, Sherlock. It's more like music to rev your chainsaw up to. Oddly enough, Mahatma Ghandi gets credit for writing all these songs, including the one about hunting moose.

© 2002 - Holly Day