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The ScareVacuum Irony Ok!Relax/Inertia A lot of stuff happens in the 16 or so minutes of The Scare's second EP 'Vacuum Irony'. It is a barrage of post-punk mayhem as vocalist 'Kiss' Reid howls, screams and croons his way through lines like "What! What!?" and "Oh no, not bats! Anything but that!" Man, who knows what's going on. So many ideas, so little time... That said, it is some pretty exciting rock and roll. Typically angular guitar riffs fuse with the fantastic rhythm work of drummer Sam Pearton to create songs - songs? Is that the word? - that are rife with boundless energy and true punk-rock spirit. In the manner of The Blood Brothers, The Scare have an obvious pop-sensibility which they completely and utterly discard - or, more to the point, destroy. The production is superbly dirty yet crisp, and for 16 minutes unfiltered rock pours out of the speakers. The songs work best when the lads fully commit to something: opener Cry Junkie (Out Of Luck Son) actually follows some discernable formula and its chorus of "I've got addictions just to make me wake up" is a great pay off to the sharp and feverish pound of its 'verses'; alternatively, the unbridled insanity of Irony is surprisingly infectious. At times on some of the other tracks, though, forced rhythm changes and the absence of any kind of recurring hook can leave the listener slightly confused - a lot of the time you get to the end of song without any kind of recollection of how you got there. That said, there always seems to be some kind of underlying genius to the madness. It will definitely be interesting to see how these Queenslanders pull it together live but it should reveal whether, regardless of anyone else, The Scare actually know what's going on themselves.  |
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