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Title:  Hermana Hostia Artist:  La Grieta Label:  w.m.o/r Format:  CD Price:  € 12.00   Mp3 samples: none

Title Description:
So you wanna be a rock'n'roll star? First of all you should learn some sincerity, use your best irony and deliver yourself from any useless post-production gimmick. After this, you're only halfway through the brutal in-your-face honesty of "Hermana hostia", a project by Mattin and Josetxo Anitua that sounds punkier than punk itself, a raw collection of totally lo-fi songs, most of which sound like intelligent variations on Velvet Underground's "Sister Ray"; the only instrumental (the 15-minute title track) is a no-nonsense calvary of aesthetical conventions moved by disjointed drumming and feedback-driven hypnosis which will have your nerves reeling at the end. Apropos of irony, lyrics like "Tu cerebro se desnuda en busca de viagra" and titles such as "Vivo en un frigorifico" are enough to love this release; but my overall favourite remains "Porvenir desierto", a post-atomic radiation slow swing with demented modified vocals going from a drunkard's rant to alien chipmunks which makes me laugh heartily every time I play it. Mattin confirms once and for all his unpredictable attitude, an example of absolute "I-do-what-I-want" purity that should be followed.

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