Red Mass

Add Date: November 17

Artist: Red Mass

Album: Red Mass (EP)

Label: Semprini

Genre: Punk, Post-Punk

Comments: Enjoyable punk from the ashes of Montreal's CPC Gangbangs. The band references Black Flag and Dead Kennedys, but this would sound more at home with the more intellectual DC Dischord (Fugazi, Jawbox) or Swami (Hot Snakes, Rocket From the Crypt, and surprise CPC Gangbangs) labels. The closest song they have to hardcore punk is "Lord of the Rats," which tries so hard to replicate the spirit of Jello Biafra that it almost sounds like parody (though to be fair, alot of Biafra's current stuff is like that already), though it's still a pretty good straightforward punk song. Otherwise, it's great restrained punk rock, especially "Saturn" (which is way to addicting to play on repeat), and "Party 'Til I Die," which is probably what would happen if you forced talented indie kids to do a standard punk song, and the results are fun times to the maximum.