Git Some - Cosmic Rock

Does anyone remember the band Planes Mistaken For Stars? I loved them to death, in a way that was almost bordering on obsession. But (with a capital B), for whatever reason, they were quite often referred to as "emo", for the fact alone that their first EP was on Deep Elm. That's like calling Anthrax hip hop just because they released the I'm The Man EP and played "Bring The Noise" together with Public Enemy, or calling David Schwimmer a good actor. I mean, how emo schmeemo are record titles such as Fuck With Fire, We Ride To Fight, Up In Them Guts, or (my personal favourite) Fucking Fight? Yeah, right.

(Having mentioned Fucking Fight, this record was their finest moment. Short, sharp, to the point. You drop the needle on the vinyl, the songs explode in your face, and - blam! - before you even know what the fuck is going on, it's all over. Steve Aoki released this EP on his Dim Mak label at a time when he still put Black Panther references in his records, long before he became "Kid Millionaire", started to suck the cock of Vice Magazine, and even before his ugly bitch sister thought she was an actress.)

But what the fuck does my rambling have to do with Git Some? The two gentlemen that handled the bass and guitar duties in Planes Mistaken continue to bring the rock in Git Some, that's what. You can still easily hear that, just like you'll always hear Frankie Stubbs in whatever it is he puts his hands on. But oh well, I have ambivalent feelings about Git Some. Cosmic Rock is pretty good for what it is: a loud, heavy, ugly, distorted rock album. It's just that I have the feeling they could do so much better than this. Just one example: the vocals are just there, it's just something. Sure, they're ugly, and they add to the whole fucked up-ness of the record, but at the same time they make me nervous and annoy the shit out of me.

So, well... Black Flag were a fucking amazing band before Greg Ginn took way many drugs and went all free jazz. If this is Git Some's Process of Weeding Out, I just hope they will release a Damaged record sooner or later. Ain't nothing wrong with a little regression when it comes to rock music...

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