You know I can never make it more than a couple weeks without talking up another band from Canada. And today I've got a band from Toronto for you that just might blow your head off!
PlasticHeads is the latest outfit from the legendary Jon Sharron (Brutal Knights/Career Suicide/Chokehold). He's on guitar and vocals along side the likes of Ellis from Flesh Rag and Erik from School Jerks. PlasticHeads are pretty much what you'd expect given the involvement of the above individuals. Think snotty '77 punk smashing head-on into early '80s hardcore.
Nowhere To Run is the band's ripper of a debut album, and it's set for a vinyl release on the venerable Ugly Pop Records. If you've been desiring some real deal punk fucking rock in your life lately, these ten tracks are exactly the kick in the pants you need. The band tears through these songs hot and fast, with seven of the ten tracks clocking in under two minutes. Musically and vocally, the intensity is relentless. Yet the songwriting is definitely rooted in '70s punk - always a sweet spot for me personally. Could there be a more fitting soundtrack for our modern day dystopian reality than "The End Is Near"? And how many people will quickly adopt "I Can't Sleep" as their personal anthem? If you dig Zero Boys, DOA, early Black Flag, or anything that Jon Sharron has ever been involved in, you're gonna go nuts for this record!
-L.R.
https://weareplasticheads.bandcamp.com/album/nowhere-to-run-lp
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