{"id":17442,"date":"2014-11-03T13:47:04","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T13:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-the-new-tusk-monster-trucks-ep\/"},"modified":"2018-03-21T22:16:22","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T22:16:22","slug":"album-review-the-new-tusk-monster-trucks-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-the-new-tusk-monster-trucks-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: The New Tusk &#8211; Monster Trucks EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/tumblr_inline_nef9ry0W7v1qztcot.jpg\" width=\"250em\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><strong>The New Tusk<\/strong> are nothing if not prolific, with <em> \u2018Monster Trucks\u2019<\/em> being their third release in the space of 12 months. However, prolificacy does not always equate to quality and, consequently <em>\u2018Monster Trucks\u2019<\/em> frustrates as much as it excites.<\/p>\n<p> Veering wildly from Gnarwolves style punk\u2019n\u2019roll to the frazzled indie of Let\u2019s Wrestle, <strong>The New Tusk<\/strong> reek of cool (no surprises they hail from Brighton\u2026) and a \u2018fuck you\u2019 attitude. The vocals are markedly different too \u2013 from aggressively snotty punk to guttural Hot Water Music-style gruff punk and off-kilter semi-spoken word. It is these contrasts that make <strong>The New Tusk<\/strong> so challenging to listen to. In fact, you could probably say there are multiple identities fighting to get out, and over the course of four songs they bounce around manically, never settling on style or identity one for too long.<!-- more --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thenewtusk.bandcamp.com\/album\/monster-trucks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Monster Trucks by The New Tusk<\/a> <\/p>\n<p> Opener <em>\u2018Nice Charity\u2019<\/em> is a sub-three minute buzzsaw of a song that probably holds things together best, drawing together their multiple factions into a coherent, if delightfully fuzzy, punk attack, while the brief <em> \u2018Toystory\u2019<\/em> \u2013 which appears to bastardize some lyrics from New Order\u2019s <i>\u2018Blue Monday\u2019<\/i> \u2013 gets off to the shakiest of starts but ends like a riot.<\/p>\n<p> Sadly, the remaining two songs don\u2019t match this opening salvo. <em>\u2018Uncomfort\u2019<\/em> is at best dreary, while <em>\u2018Stones To Make It\u2019<\/em> has flashes of excitement, is derivative of countless mid-90s US college rock bands.<\/p>\n<p> Although this means <em>\u2018Monster Trucks\u2019<\/em> is a frustrating listen, <strong>The New Tusk<\/strong> still sit quite nicely alongside fellow Brighton oiks Nature Channel in terms of style and sound. Would it be too remiss to suggest that something might be brewing down there? <\/p>\n<p>2.5\/5<\/p>\n<p><em>&lsquo;Monster Truks&rsquo;<\/em> EP by <strong>The New Tusk<\/strong> is out now on <strong>Get Into It Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The New Tusk<\/strong> links:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/thenewtusk%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>|<a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/thenewtusk%E2%80%9D\">Twitter<\/a>|<a href=\"\/\/thenewtusk.bandcamp.com%E2%80%9D\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Rob Mair (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/BobNightMair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@BobNightMair<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Tusk are nothing if not prolific, with \u2018Monster Trucks\u2019 being their third release in the space of 12 months. However, prolificacy does not always equate to quality and, consequently \u2018Monster Trucks\u2019 frustrates as much as it excites. 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