Saccharine Trust,12" EP,Paganicons,SST Records SST006,USA 1stP 1981,Mint Rare
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Saccharine Trust
Title and label: Paganicons, SST Records SSTOO6, USA 1st Press 1981, Rare!!!!
Condition of vinyl: Mint
Matrix Side A: SST 006 A (RE) JS·KENDUN L-6828 THE CHIPS ARE DOWN–THE FAMILY STAYS AROUND
Matrix Side B: SST 006 B (RE) JS·KENDUN L-6828-X NOISE TO YOU–LOVE TO ME
Condition of sleeve: EX + A Two Sided Picture Lyric Inner Card Mint, First pressing in pasteboard-style sleeve (brown cardboard colour inside, unlike later ones which are white inside).
Review:
PROG REVIEWER: by LearsFool
5 stars, An undisputed classic of LA punk, this sits as one of the first post hardcore records, and the start for one of the few bands to end up melding prog and punk. Saccharine Trust went for a rough, dark take on hardcore, much like what Flipper and Rites of Spring would eventually do to equally great effect, but ST also went for complex arrangements indebted to prog, which would only otherwise be matched by Greg Ginn's guitar work on Black Flag albums from "My War" on. Through the haze of the raw, cheap production rises a dour, angry pack of guitar, bass and drums, played proto-math, as Joaquin Brewer lays out his truth. Much like krautrock klassic "German Oak", the tinny production only adds to the effect of the jagged, crazed, pitch dark playing. Like Wire on "Pink Flag", the band almost always plays short bursts of experimental energy, their unique style getting thrown at an unsuspecting world in bite sized pieces. Everyone plays their part well, and we are left with a masterpiece of doubly experimental punk. There is a reason this launched the rest of post hardcore, the '80's half of post punk, Cardiacs, and the first emo, and it is the same reason this has long been a favourite of punks, music aficionados, and even Kurt Cobain: this is experimental, one of a kind, and excellent. Highly recommended to punks, pronk fans, and the adventurous.
Side 1:
I Have ...
Community Lie
Effort To Waste
Mad At The Co.
I Am Right
Side 2:
We Don't Need Freedom
Success And Failure
A Human Certainty
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