Shred Yr Face Vol. 2 7″

VARIOUS – SHRED YR FACE 2 – FUCKED UP, BRONX, ROLO TOMASSI

Release Date: Expected on 02/23/2009

limited to 1000 copies on transparent red vinyl. february 2009 sees the start of the second shred yr face uk tour. this time coming to a town or city near you are the bronx, fucked up and rolo tomassi – one hell of a billing. to coincide with the tour, the three bands have each recorded an exclusive track for a limited edition seven inch from rough trade. this follows the tremendous success of last year’s shred yr face tour and 7″ which featured los campesinos, no age, times new viking and for which the 7″ sold out in less than a week. the bronx give you their take on a classic by another hard-living la-based group, the gun club. anyone that has heard the bronx’s versions of neil young‘s ‘needle and the damage done’ or warren zevon‘s ‘carmelita’ knows that a cover from these dudes is always a hot prospect, and they do not disappoint with ‘she’s like heroin to me’. fucked up present a raw blast through a little known us punk-rock classic from 1977, ‘son of sam’ by chain gang. and rolo tomassi deliver a typically intense blast of melt banana-esque noise in the form ‘apocalypso ’09’.

the Gun Club – “She’s Like Heroin to Me” (from Fire of Love)

*NOTE*
Man, we’re posting all sorts of cover song / vinyl news today, huh? Oh, and Rough Trade needs to get somebody to spell-check their press releases. I fixed this one, for the most part, mainly because it made my eyes hurt. Anyhow, if you buy this, with shipping and current conversion rates, it’ll run you about US$10.50. Not bad for a limited edition import single, but still a little pricey in this economy. The bands and songs are pretty choice, though.