The Hyperjax
Scars on the Horizon
(Wildest Card Records)
Johnny Ramone remarked that when bands changed, they usually got worse. The same adhere-to-the-original-formula belief lies entrenched in the Hyperjax's lava-steaming marrow.
My first exposure to them arrived via their ferocious spot in 2001 documentary American Rumble (Raven Films / Ravenous Pictures). Some 25 years' passage seems as naught, when Scars on the Horizon barrels from speakers in sonic onslaught.
As if the endurance of kicky calamitousness weren't sufficient good news, wise-guy wrecker songcraft that glares down from high shelf also thrusts fist airward. The titular stormer breaks free from chains, blood in bulging eyes. "The Way You Used to Roll" impresses as infectiousness looking for a movie to soundtrack. And "Ain't that a Kick in the Teeth" strops Deano's jape.
Johnny would surely have nodded approval.
Recommended: "Scars on the Horizon," "Stranded in Skelsmerdale," "Bad Luck Charm," "Damnation, Here We Go," "The Scapegoat," "The Way You Used to Roll," "Ain't That a Kick in the Teeth," "Just Passing Through"
Videos: "Scars on the Horizon" (Hot Frog Animations) "Bad Luck Charm" "The Way You Used to Roll" "Ain't That a Kick in the Teeth"
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