ABORTED TORTOISE – An Beach LP alternative and a fairly good starting

and a fairly good starting point for the uninitiated

but more often than not it’s a batch of four-on-the-floor pogo-friendly numbers that will have even the most jaded message board lurkers rethinking what the Los Angeles underground has to offer

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Richard Paul Thomas — two of its tracks reissued as a 7” teaser single for the compilation on July 14th

ABORTED TORTOISE – An Beach LP alternative and a fairly good startingWestern Australian punk lots of sun struck goon flecked thrashing and a salty scintilla of uncynical surf rock. With the lo fi immediacy of the Sonics, the faux dumbass sensibilities of the Ramones and the sly musical inventiveness of the Dead Kennedys. Meanwhile you're also reminded of Melbourne brat boys Ausmuteants.