Review: Defiance, Ohio - The Fear, The Fear, The Fear
Posted on 10 March 2008 | No Comments
I’ve been sitting on this one for awhile now, but figured this was as good a time as any to type this out. In addition to being the recent former home of Kelvin “The Cheatin’ Snake” Sampson (the man who tarnished the record of Indiana basketball), Bloomington, Indiana is also the place that Defiance, Ohio calls home. Their latest album The Fear, The Fear, The Fear made my top 50 of 2007 list because I loved its frantic lo-fi folk-punk anthems that are wonderfully catchy and melodic but lovingly unpolished and unrefined.
The male/female vocal tradeoffs that are often layered to an effect that makes the Defiance, Ohio’s message sound urgent; as if their manifest must be heard…now! Guitars, banjos, pianos, and violins collide into a ramshackle rhythm section in raucous fashion as if all the band members were in a basement drinking cheap wine, playing their songs, and getting out of control. It sounds almost as if they are having such a good time playing that if they fuck up, the song will go on and be just fine.
The Fear, The Fear, The Fear is a spirited and honest record that is available on vinyl or CD on the always awesome No Idea Records or (like all of Defiance, Ohio’s releases) for free in MP3 format from their website. How fuckin’ punk is that?
MP3 | Defiance, Ohio – The Condition The Fear, The Fear, The Fear
MP3 | Defiance, Ohio – Anxious And Worrying The Fear, The Fear, The Fear
Filed Under: Album Reviews, Folk, Punk
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It came from the nineties (Vol. 10) It came from the nineties (Vol. 11)
