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Arab On Radar, from Providence (Rhode Island), comprises singer Eric
"Post-Traumatic Stress" Paul, guitarists
Steve "Type A" Mattos and Jeff "Clinical Depression" Schneider,
and drummer Craig "Obsessive Compulsive" Kurek.
On the early singles, Kangaroo (Heparin, 1997) and
Swimming With A Hard-On (Load, 1998),
they played an artsy brand of
noise-rock that borrows evenly from new wave and beach-punk.
Queen Hygiene II (Heparin, 1998 - 31G, 2003), their first album, continued on
that war path with terrifying blasts of chaos.
Rough Day At The Orifice (On Pop Pop, 1999 - 31G, 2003) is a demented collage of
feverish and feral sounds, vaguely approaching the state of music, somewhere
along the twisted line that straddles
Red Crayola,
Pop Group,
Mars,
Pere Ubu,
and
Six Finger Satellite.
Soak The Saddle (Skin Graft, 2000) is the music of very angry (and
very spastic) youth: psychotic melodies, manic pace, abrasive guitars,
punk-rock and Japanese-grade noise.
Yahweh Or The Highway (Skin Graft, 2001) is
another very short album, like the previous ones, with only
eight songs to document the band's progress. It leaves the feeling that the kids
are growing up, and that they are shunning the most obviously childish excesses
of their early albums. Despite the intent, this remains a concentrate of wildly
dissonant punk-rock, not exactly recommended to fans of the Beatles.
The Stolen Singles (Three One G, 2003) collects rarities.
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(Translation by/ Tradotto da Luca Battistini)
Gli Arab On Radar, da Providence (Rhode Island), comprendono il
cantante Eric
"Post-Traumatic Stress" Paul, i chitarristi
Steve "Type A" Mattos e Jeff "Clinical Depression" Schneider,
e il batterista Craig "Obsessive Compulsive" Kurek.
Sui primi singoli, Kangaroo (Heparin, 1997) e
Swimming With A Hard-On (Load, 1998),
suonavano un
noise-rock che prende in prestito in egual misura dalla new wave e
dal beach-punk.
Queen Hygiene II (Heparin, 1998), il loro primo album,
continuava su quel sentiero di guerra con terrificanti raffiche di
caos.
Rough Day At The Orifice (On Pop Pop, 1999) e' un collage
insano di suoni febbrili e selvaggi, che si avvicina vagamente al
concetto di musica, da qualche parte lungo la contorta linea che
unisce
Red Crayola,
Pop Group,
Mars,
Pere Ubu,
e
Six Finger Satellite.
Soak The Saddle (Skin Graft, 2000) e' la musica di giovani
molto arrabbiati (e molto spastici): melodie psicotiche, andatura
maniacale, chitarre abrasive,
punk-rock e noise nipponeggiante.
Yahweh Or The Highway (Skin Graft, 2001) e'
un altro album molto breve, come i precedenti, che include solo otto
canzoni a documentare il progresso del gruppo. Lascia la sensazione
che i ragazzi stanno crescendo, e che stanno schivando gli eccessi
piu' palesemente infantili dei loro primi dischi. Malgrado le
intenzioni, rimane comunque un concentrato di punk-rock
selvaggiamente dissonante, non esattamente consigliato ai fan dei
Beatles.
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