Album Review: Deathtraps - "Appetite For Prescription"

 

Sometimes you just need an album like this really. We first encountered South Wales noisemongers Deathtraps via their Stole Your Rock 'n' Roll album a couple of years ago and it's safe to say that the intervening two years and lockdown have not mellowed them at all. The opening track here Let's Kill Rock 'n' Roll screams through at full tilt like the Erotics at their most savage and sets the tone for the coming thirty minutes. Red Eyes Black Kisses is no less furious and sneaks a Wildhearts reference (Rooting For The Bad Guy) in there as well.

The vitriol comes thick and fast here with What If Jesus taking pinpoint aim at bible bashers, Press Darlings (sadly not an Adam & The Ants cover) eviscerates reality TV culture and Imitator savaging NWOCR bores. There's a real howl of frustration echoing through the likes of She Said while Still Fucked Up, Let It Burn and Too Much Is Never Enough are pure Dead Boys/Hip Priests indebted nihilistic hedonism at its best. The pace doesn't let up for a second (the Warhol Factory ode Candy Darling is the nearest they come to dropping below breakneck speed but even this packs in enough ferocity to make sure there's no let up for your ears).

No, it's not big and it's not clever but what Appetite For Prescription most definitely is is a defiant scream from a band kicking back against the pricks to thrilling effect. For 30 minutes of sheer rage that you can headbang to, this one's got few peers.

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NITE SONGS RATING: 🌔🌔🌔🌔🌔🌔🌔🌔🌑🌑 (8/10)

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