Bleeding Rainbow – Interrupt (Kanine)

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Sean Meehan

Fast and efficient garage punk.

Interrupt, the fourth album from Bleeding Rainbow, is a quick affair, running just over a half hour. Bleeding Rainbow nonetheless fit a lot into that half hour, mostly by playing fast and cutting the frills. Most songs on the album maintain a tight, punchiness: they’re fast and loud and they don’t overstay their welcome. The quick and harsh drums and the insistent fuzz-filled power chords give off a strong sense of frustration, with the vocals either adding to the fray with half-screamed anger or countering it with almost sweet and poppy catchiness. There are hints of riot grrrl punk, but for the most part this album fits well in the current garage rock trend. Within the genre, though, Bleeding Rainbow stick out by shunning lo-fi sloppiness in favor of tight, catchy bursts of energy.

RIYL: Parquet Courts, Diarrhea Planet, Cheatahs
Recommended Tracks: 1, 3, 7