Galactic Cannibal, “We’re Fucked” LP

cover - galactic cannibal we're fuckedMilwaukee’s Galactic Cannibal have been getting two things mentioned about them, near as I can tell: first, they’re a side project from Direct Hit!’s guitarist and singer Nick Woods. Second, they sound a lot like Dillinger Four. The first point is relevant to the second, because Direct Hit! sounds nothing like D4, and I’m always a big fan of side projects when they don’t sound like a slightly tweaked version of the main draw (see also: everything Ben Weasel has ever done).

The title to Galactic Cannibal’s LP, We’re Fucked is pretty indicative of the band’s bleak worldview. These are harsh songs, delivered less by singing than by declamatory bark. It’s energetic, and moves forward briskly, but it is relentlessly unpleasant.
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