{"id":23324,"date":"2014-04-19T14:00:49","date_gmt":"2014-04-19T14:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-plague-vendor-free-to-eat\/"},"modified":"2018-03-21T22:03:25","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T22:03:25","slug":"album-review-plague-vendor-free-to-eat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-plague-vendor-free-to-eat\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Plague Vendor – Free To Eat"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"image\"With 10 songs coming in just under the 20 minute mark, California\u2019s Plague Vendor<\/strong> clearly have no time for substance with this debut effort. On ‘Free To Eat’<\/em>, the recent Epitaph<\/strong> signees’ LP is a brash, frantic record but leaves a good impression.<\/p>\n

The opening bars ‘Black Sap Scriptures’<\/em>, the band’s garage punk influence is very much in tact with rowdy vocals courtesy of Brandon Blaine and razor-sharp guitar lines from Jay Rogers. It\u2019s unrelentless tempo is something that grabs hold of you early on and doesn\u2019t let go for the next 20 minutes.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

‘Cursed Love, Hexed Lust’<\/em> sees Blaine raising his game with swaggering vocals whilst being backed by jangly guitars giving the track some form of distorted pop hook. ‘My Tongue Is So Treacherous’\u00a0<\/em>opens with a ear-pinching squeal before settling into a loose, energetic example of surf punk.<\/p>\n

On first listen,\u00a0‘Free To Eat’<\/em> comes across as 10 quick-fire examples of Iggy and The Stooges-esque garage punk, but on further listens, you discover Plague Vendor<\/strong> are more than that. ‘Plague Vendor’<\/em> is a choppy, fuzzy number with Blaine\u2019s vocals becoming more erratic. Whilst ‘Seek The Ruby Scarab’<\/em> is vibrant and ferociously executed, and ‘Garden Lanterns’<\/em>\u00a0 is a groove-centered jam that gives way to the concluding ‘Neophron Percnopterus’<\/em>, which screeches the LP to a halt.<\/p>\n

Overall ‘Free To Eat’<\/em> has all you could want from a straight up punk record. The 10 songs on here come across as genuine.<\/p>\n

Plague Vendor<\/strong> are thoroughly raw, and in Brandon Blaine, they have a vocalist who has confidence and an attitude to expand the bands hybrid sound of punk, thrash and garage.<\/p>\n

Although ‘Free To Eat’<\/em> lacks longevity, Plague Vendor<\/strong> make up for it with an unrelentless and reckless sound that deserves repeated plays.<\/p>\n

3.5\/5<\/p>\n

‘Free To Eat’<\/em> by Plague Vendor<\/strong> is out now on Epitaph Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Plague Vendor<\/strong> links: Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a>|Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Sean Reid (@SeanReid86<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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