The buggers keep doing this: disappearing, then coming back, with no forewarning, no fanfare, with more killer noise.
And so here we are: ‘Leisure Centre’ crash-landed today to herald the imminent arrival of a new EP, out next month.
It’s as good as anything they’ve ever done. ‘Leisure Centre’ has the same kind of nagging, repetitive riff that features in so much of their work, from the definitive early songs like ‘Trick Fuck’ through to more recent classics like ‘Shirts’. And if anything, ‘Leisure Centre’ sounds like ‘Shirts’ on heavy tranquilisers: slow, stumbling, lunging, all the weight and all the murk. And of course, it’s all about that big, churning riff. It sounds a whole lot like Pissed Jeans. This is very much a good thing.
If the rest of the EP is half as good, it’s going to be a corker.
AA
Aural Aggravation 