Circolo Vizioso are a German duo from Berlin who formed at the start of the pandemic. The duo are Tony Scafidi and Paul Geigerzaehler who are joined by Audrey Quillions on backing vocals on a couple of tunes. The album was recorded at B Studios in Berlin.
The mini album opens with Choppy that is of course full of Choppy guitar, a fuzzy undertow, before the violin comes in as they rant about the state of the word, slow dependable drumming keeps the hope of a less wonky world, that's feels better than this one does, with a cute quote from Dramarama's Scenario, even if this has more in common with Pavement or The Fall.
Verrueckt is a good meshuga song for out twisted times, the insistent riff that won't give up, explosions of noise, urgent vocals declaiming the madness of the crazy world we live in. Let the buzz saw fuzz infiltrate your thinking as the spare basic drumming works as a counterpoint to the increasingly distraught vocal back and forth.
Walls is spitting bile at the insanity of the Russian invasion of Ukraine repeating the awful destruction of all the previous invasions across the centuries, they want to bring down walls and unite diverse people to help us all live together peacefully without the destructive madness of dictators as this song switches between German and English it maintains the urgency of the need to fight from a peaceful world free from war.
Stein opens like they are improvising with the violin and guitar while supping on another Stein, as the basic drums come in to add a meter for the vocals to keep within, they start to sound like a Teutonic Sleaford Mods.
Wer Schuld Is takes a classic punk question last asked in song by the Bermondsey Joyriders, turning it into a Germanic questioning of identity, as they seek to ally themselves with the Antifa hooligans of Los Fastidious, but without any of the ska and all the punk determinism.
The album closes with Hauser a song that would sound great on Alan Hauser's legendary Jungle Records, as the violin gets speedier and speedier as they try to make sure everyone has somewhere safe to live in these most troubled times.
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