The grunge revival – not to mention the shared vinyl revival - continues apace with this nifty four-way split EP. From the big guitars of Calories, who could stand in a room with Dinosaur Pile-Up and Foo Fighters without feeling inferior, to the My Device's 'Sea Robins', which sounds like a surf punk number as performed by The Jesus Lizard, One Inch Badge show that not only is grunge not dead, but that it's mutated in all sorts of exciting directions.
Tubelord combine light, melodic vocals with a heavier sound based around chugging guitars, feedback and crashing drums to good effect on 'Cows to the West, Cities to the East'. Grunge for the summer. Then there's the Oneida track, 'Economy Travel 2'. It's not grunge. Not in the slightest, but this slice of static-filled experimental instrumental electronica provides a nice contrast to the other three tracks, and as such is more than worthy of its place here.
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