How about more hot stuff from the always great Big Neck Records! The label's latest release is a four-song tape from London-based trio Chinese Junk. Featuring ex-members of The Ulcers, Griswalds, and The Unreleasables, Chinese Junk are the self proclaimed "kings of pound shop rock". The appropriately-titled Raw Deal sounds like the best thing that Rip Off Records never released. It tears through four tracks of fast and snotty lo-fi punk rock in just a tick over five minutes. Song topics range from dead-end towns to being broke to cheating girlfriends to X-ray vision. Now this is my kind of garage punk! Or should I say pound shop rock? These tunes have all the necessary ingredients: energy, catchiness, and attitude for days. What a brilliant release! If you long for the later '90s heyday of trashy garage punk, Chinese Junk is the band for you!
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