Slavescene - Fuck Off Away From Me 7"

Artist: Slavescene

Album: Fuck Off Away From Me 7"

Release: 2009

Label: Deranged

Tracklist:

1. Fuck Off Away From Me

2. Shit Gait

I suppose it's high time for me to post this 7" from Tampa's Slavescene. Fuck Off Away From Me was the beginning of the band's newer and much-improved sound that was also featured on their second demo tape. Gone are the effects-laden vocals from Heaven Only Knows, which are replaced with more organic and desperate caterwauling. The music itself has much more in common with Deep Jew than their previous, more hardcore-oriented sound.

The A-side track, the hilariously-titled "Fuck Off Away From Me," is one of the more simple songs the band wrote. It's a stomper that, while only two driving chords, is one of their most effective punk songs. Still, it has nothing on the B-side, which is probably the best song the band wrote. The slow jam "Shit Gait" is a noisy mess of drunken cacophony that is so unhinged that it feels like it will teeter off-balance and into oblivion at any moment, much like going up against Titan in a round of Duel on American Gladiators.

There is considerable growth to be found on Fuck Off Away From Me, which allows for a great leap of improvement in their dumb, yet exhilarating sound. I had this post somewhat ready for months, but never got around to finalizing my thoughts on it until now, so my apologies for not posting these straight-from-the-source mp3s! Still, better late than never (and better than a vinyl rip,) especially when the material is this good. I believe the second pressing of this 7" is still available from Deranged, so get on that before it goes out-of-print forever.

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-Adam