Expect some EEEEEE’s and KA-CHUNK’s and BOOOM BOOOOM BAAAAA BAAAA’s and DING-A-LINGY RING CHUCK CHUCK’s and power chords and can-smacks and string-breaking and voice-losing and aggression and rampage. The Asshole never sleeps and never listens and only shouts and thrashes like a big babyman. Side A explores melodic and lyrical punk approaches and tells a bit of the Asshole’s story, while Side B dives into post-punk and experimental noise with a massive first track taking over half of the side, with a dash of a manic, out-of-breath, roughly 250 BPM Happy (or not so happy) Birthday melody spit at you before finally diving into the punk anthem, “playin so loudly (that the neighbors wanna call the cops)” to close out the album in a fit of rage, angst, and rebellion against seemingly nothing—probably everything, possibly just inner demons.
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