Deaf Club : "We Demand A Permanent State of Happiness"

This crazed hardcore assault blends the chaos of noise rock with their anger. Featuring Justin Pearson from the Locust, along with the drummer from Glassing, it's crazed and confrontational in a spastic manner like Pearson's other projects. With punchy gang vocals stacked in the chorus, there is a frantic live feel to the emotional dynamics infused in this performance. Some of these songs are quick bursts of anxiety that run under two minutes."Pain in the Assery" is one of these that embraces punk energy run through a more experimental filter. I have always felt noise rock is the more experimental version of punk, and sometimes this album even goes beyond that. 

"Biblical Loophole" finds this blasted in your face in a more over-the-top temper tantrum that is broken up by a flurry of sonic gut punches. "Vinegar, Soap & Holy Water" is not blasted at you and works off a more deliberate bass line. The shouted vocals begin to feel a little one-dimensional as there begins to feel like a formula to their cadence,  not that punk really asks much from its vocalists. "Frequency Illusion Master" charges in with punk abrasion, though there are some interesting angular touches of sonics in the periphery. They do break this up midway through the song, which works well. 

"Liquidate the Living Body" carries a touch of grindcore, while "All Hot Dogs are in Bread" has a more Dead Kennedys-like tension to it. This is run through a more aggressive sonic filter. It sounds cool, but the wheel is not reinvented when it comes to punk songwriting. They pick up the speed for the more intense blast of "Closed Fists Closed Minds". There is chaos and noise that invade the songs at various junctures. The deliberate pounding that offsets this is the most interesting moment of the song. The dissonant post-industrial noise drone of the last song is one of the album's strongest moments. I will give this album an 8.5, as I appreciate its energy and adventurous spirit. If you want some intense noise-ridden punk, this is the album for you.

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