In the best punk tradition, with their upcoming EP "Another Bad Year" (scheduled for a May 12 release) Brooklyn noise makers Vomitface show us that they are not quite ready to look at the bright side of things just yet. Preview single "Never Make It" (whose title, together with the EP’s one, brings a much needed ray of… dispair to our oh so accomplished lives – thanks guys!), adds to their grungy noise rock sound an industrial-funk component, reminiscent of Gang of Four or even a version of Primus without Les Claypool (if that’s even conceivable). The semi-dissonant chorus straightens things up rythmically, only to reaffirm, once and for all, the band’s not so optimistic tendencies: "I guess I will never get it, never make it / I could try to suck it up and smile and fake it / what I need is just a shallow hole to crawl in." All the kids who were subject to overly positive parenting may find here some help in letting out their repressed negativity, through the cathartic power of rock’n’roll.
Vomitface will tour the west coast in April and return to Brooklyn on May 7th at Shea Stadium.