LDR005/HPR003:
HAIR POLICE / CRYSTAL FANTASY
SPLIT 10"
SOLD OUT!! DO NOT ODER!!
LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY'S HAIR POLICE ARE ONE OF THE MOST PROGRESSIVE AND PRODUCTIVE THRASHY NOISE BANDS OUT THERE. IF YOU'VE EXPERIENCED THEM LIVE, THEN YOU KNOW THAT ALREADY! WITH A STEADY FLOW OF HEAD BANGING, NOISE RAWKIN RELEASES ON VARIOUS LABELS (GODS OF TUNDRA, ANIMAL DISGUISE, LOAD, FREEDOM FROM, ETC.), HAIR POLICE HAVE BEEN STEADILY CARVING A NICHE INTO THE NOISE/EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC COMMUNITY. BEING WITNESS TO ONE WILD CHICAGO RIDE, WE WATCHED IN ABSOLUTE AMUSEMENT AS HAIR POLICE TOOK THE STAGE AND ONE BY ONE DESTROYED EVERYONE IN THE ROOM (AS WELL AS THEMSELVES...) BEING TORN LIMB FROM LIMB AFTER WALKING ON THE HANDS OF THE CROWD LIKE CLOUDS AND THEN DROPPING THE DOOM STORM FROM ABOVE. TOTALLY OUT OF CONTROL, AND TOTALLY RAD! ON THEIR SIDE OF THIS SPLIT 10" WITH CRYSTAL FANTASY, HAIR POLICE CONTRIBUTE 1 SINGLE NASTY TRACK ENTITLED "STRAPS AND STRAPS". MIKE CONNELLY HAD THIS TO SAY ABOUT IT: "IT'S GNARLY FUCKED UP. NO DRUMS. JUST A REALLY SICK SEARING DRIP OF THE INSIDE OF A CARCASS." WE AGREE! THIS SICK PILE WILL WHIP AND BEAT YOUR SKULL UPON EACH REPEATED LISTEN. DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND GET ABUSED! LET THE GNARLY TIMES ROLL...
THE MEMBERS OF MILWAUKEE, WI'S CRYSTAL FANTASY ARE NOT NEW PLAYERS TO THE GAME, JUST A NEW PROJECT WITH A NEW NAME. WHEN ASKED WHAT KIND OF DESCRIPTION SHOULD ACCOMPANY THE NEWS ABOUT THIS SPLIT 10", THIS IS WHAT WE WERE TOLD: "CRYSTAL FANTASY IS ANOTHER GLIMMERING ASPECT OF NEON HUNK, ILLUMINATED BY AND SPARKLING UNDER ONE THOUSAND IRIDESCENT STARS." OH YES!! TAKE IT BACK TO THE DAYS WHEN YOU WERE JUST TOO HIGH TO BE REACHED - WHEN THE SKY WAS FILLED WITH WATERCOLORED WAVES OF CLOUDY BLUES AND THE SUN SHINED LIKE A BILLION CRYSTALS REFLECTING OFF THE SHIMMERING SKY... "CRYSTAL FANTASY ARE CRYSTAL, AND THEY ARE FANTASY." WOW - INSTANT CULT CLASSIC!
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