I bought this because of Vaz. I didn't know anything about Hammerhead when they were active, but Reptilian had put out Vaz's first 7", and I was stoked on how heavy it was. So, you know, why not buy? It turns out that "Blocked By Satellites" became one of my go-to mix tape cuts for the next few years. It's out of step with what I'd experience when I finally saw them a few years later. I wasn't prepared for how much of a goddamned racket they'd be, with trash can lids for crash cymbals and every song like a dive-bomber attacking, even though it was only two fellas playing. I like the way the vocals are recorded here; Apollo Liftoff sounds a little more...romantic crooning, compared to the recording two years later on "Demonstrations In Micronesia".
This was my first experience with Enemymine, Mike Kunka's short-lived, post-godheadSilo/pre-Dead Low Tide trio from WA state. I honestly don't remember playing this side of the record until a couple years later, but I like it now. It just builds and builds and crashes down on your head in that noisy PNW way that's not quite metal, not quite post-hardcore, not quite math rock.
A shout out while everyone's paying attention to Olympia's Thin the Herd Records, purveyors of this fine slab o' wax. For a label that only existed for three years and a baker's dozen worth of releases, they put out some real solid jams. They released the initial vinyl for the first Vaz full-length, the first Tracy & The Plastics LP, a Teen Cthulhu 7" that I really like, and a weird-ass one-sided Sunn 0))) 12". Sure, this is all some turn-of-the-century PNW weirdness, but everything they put out is well worth tracking down and jamming out to.
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