Out on Paris-based label SDZ Records, How to survive when people don't like you and you don't like them is a proper LP compilation of digital singles from Bristol's Silicone Values, who play original, fiercely intelligent music that brings to mind the more adventurous & experimental side of first wave UK punk. Mick Fletcher maintains that this band has not received the attention it deserves, and I wholeheartedly agree (while admitting I've been one of the guilty parties). These singles go back to 2020, and I have no explanation whatsoever for how I missed the boat on all of them. Can I blame COVID brain fog? This album title is absolute genius, and the songs more than live up to it. Across 15 tracks, the band opines on the sad state of the world with candor, insight, and dark humor. And the tunes are brilliant all the way through. Behold your soundtrack to the apocalypse! If the Wire/Fall/Swell Maps wing of first generation punk gets your heart racing, Silicone Values are your next favorite band. But you knew that already, didn't you?
A band that's yet to release a bad track
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