Search - Shok :: We Are Electrocution

No fun on the beaches

Michael B. Joyce | 03/26/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Spazzzzzed out synth-ridden electro new wave violence...I have no idea where other reviewrs got the Minutemen comparisons from. Le Shok is best comparable to LA punk legends The Screamers, mixed with Killed By Death punk comps, an adolescence of underage drinking, and a blistering hatred of really boring 90's emo. Singer Hott Rodd Todd is a rambling, unrestrained record-filching junkie, Brett is probably a cutter, and the kids knew they better damn well uncross their arms.



This is Le Shok's only CD release. A singles collection has been in the works for years, but it'll probably never materialize. Unfortunately, their 7" records (and a 6") are fairly pricey, cuz the kids love these dudes, but that shouldn't stop you from downloading them. Also, there's what seems like a hundred bands that formed out of the ex-Le Shok members, most memorably Neon King Kong and the Distraction. FM Bats is pretty good too."

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C. L. Mount | Hammond, Louisiana United States | 05/24/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Like the Minutemen but with a modern, art-punk approach; brilliant, simply brilliant. Excellent road music and space-age bachelor pad music!"

Spastic

Zeus | Lancaster, Ohio | 12/04/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Imagine if Brainiac had recorded all their stuff on a boom box with a ten dollar Casio keyboard and a snotty punk rock vocalist on the mic. I'm not sure if the sound was cleaned up on the CD, but the LP is the epitome of lo-fi. When I first heard it, I couldn't quite figure out whether to play it at 45 or 33 rpm. At either speed, something sounds horribly wrong with this music. Pure genius."