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Peterbilt b/w From The Ashes – Zeke (Hound Gawd Records)

If you have to ask what it sounds like you’ve never heard a Zeke record. Like most, if not all of them, ”Peterbilt” throttles along like a speed-freak with a headful of crank chasing white lines down an autobahn where there’s no posted limit. If it’s too fast you’re probably too old (and I might will be.)

Live, the band is visceral. On record, they’re all heat with no shade - and so it is with this 45.

“From The Ashes” is dominated by the declaration “this is the night – let’s go” and does what it’s told. The A side might be a song about the “Peterbilt” truck brand but ends up a blur, so it’s hard to tell without a lyric sheet. The briefest of guitar solos tears through the middle like high-beam headlights.

Let’s be real - if you’re chasing Zeke thrills you’re not in search of sensitive balladry and the words don’t much matter anyway. This single likely won’t be streamed and will end up selling out, so it’s for the fans. The blurb calls it "a must-have for punk vinyl collectors and anyone who craves explosive riffs, breakneck drumming, and pure punk chaos" and I don't feel like arguing. 

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