Lost and Found 6: the extreme side of punk

New episode of Lost and Found with four records from the extreme side of punk!

Back to our column of objects, or rather of lost records, back to “Lost and Found”! We dedicate this episode to the extreme side of punk, as you can see from the title, dealing with d-beat, rawpunk, anarchopunk, crust records.

Vivere Merda – Noi Non Ci Saremo (DIY Conspiracy)

Album of 8 songs released in 2020 on 12″ LP via the following labels: Tranzophobia – Fra il dì e il fà – Nuclear Chaos – NUNCHAKUPUNK – PiotRecords – Mögähead – Vapaa Päivä – SFA Records – Kalashnikov Collective – dischi grezzi – Saetta Autoproduzioni – BAHC – TPIC Records – Incredible Noise Records – Brother Hood.

The album is presented as in the best tradition of anarcho/crust punk with a black and white artwork, minimal and immediately devastating. Fast and angry tracks, slogans against machism, patriarchy, religion and repression shouted in an edgy way and space for experimentation as in “Sbirri (Stato di Semincoscienza)” where the saxophone dominates in the final and in “A Tutti i Punx”, a classic of the band in electronic version. By now Vivere Merda are real bastions of anarcho-punk!

Culto Del Cargo – Memorie in Lingua Morta (DIY)

Since 2010, the band from Veneto-Trentino has been churning out songs of great depth. In 2020 this splendid full-length was released in various formats, 12″ LP (the one I have in front of me), CD and tape, the last two formats by Red Truth Productions from Kazakhstan. The 12 Culto Del Cargo songs that go into this impressive album are drenched in lightning-fast crust/d-beat with versatile singing – sometimes more shrill sometimes thicker – and a precise, formidable sound. The central theme is anti-capitalism, the node of the destruction of the ecosystem and the enslavement of men, animals and plants… and how can you blame them! One of the best crust/d-beat records released in the last 5 years hands down, more and more on the platter.

Headsplitters – S/T (Desolate / Rawmantic Disasters / Black Konflik)

Seen in 2019 before the eviction at xm24 together with Languid and Kontatto (the most attentive of you will remember this report) the Brooklyn band had captured us for its fierce, powerful and unique style, starting with the singing that leaves you speechless as much in live as in the studio. Listen to believe! The album in question was released on LP and tape and consists of 16 raw punk/d-beat tracks. 16 punches in the teeth that do not leave any escape, especially for the fact that listening to them you have the feeling of listening to something that you understand what it is, but it is absolutely original and unique as we said before. Gorgeous artwork and in color – again a rather rare thing in the genre – but at the same time restless. Catch up if you missed it, it came out in 2019 and a new EP is out in 2021 as well.

Jilted – Venti di Guerra (DIY Conspiracy)

A true mainstay for the past 20 years, the Alexandria-based band in 2013 released “Venti di Guerra”, a resounding 10-song mine. A record that I consumed, released in CD and LP format and that in its musical rawness, a massive and solid crust/hardcore and in its themes, anti-capitalism in primis, manages to enter in your head from the first listen. The messages launched in this album come straight to the point and remind us that punk is a political affair, at least for those of us and that we can’t abandon the battleground. Throw the record on and you won’t regret it and eyes open that the band is hard at work on the new record!

Available in distro of these albums: Vivere Merda – Noi Non Ci Saremo LP 12″ and Jilted – Venti Di Guerra LP 12″