This album is a blur, but a blur that you don’t want to miss. It’s a car crash that you want slow down to catch, possibly even circle the block to take a second look. The new album, Vaguely Ethnic, from Running is a blurred car crash filled with squealing, screeching, and screaming. It is the kind of gore that is thrilling at first blush, but makes you feel guilty as you gawk. This is punk rock as it was meant to be, raw, wild and relentlessly aggressive. The nine track effort clocks in at less than 30 minutes, but you will find yourself getting lost in the layers of noise and feedback.
Vaguely Ethnic was released this week, August 6th, via Castle Face Records. You can catch Running on August 31st at the Logan Square Auditorium with Ty Segall.