Look What The Cat Dragged In

Kicked In The Teeth
Look What The Cat Dragged In EP
Rare Vitamin Records available here
Limited Edition 8in clear vinyl | DL | cassette
Out on 26th May
Northwich hardcore outfit KITT are back with an EP that stands up to their last LTW Album Of The Year – Salt Rocket To Nowhere with a slight difference. Wayne AF Carey reviews.
Not shying away from their hardcore punk sound KITT deliver a wham bam slab of six belting tunes that obliterate the cobwebs and keep you hooked throughout. They’ve even added that extra inch for your oral pleasure (on the vinyl…) As the staright as fuck to the point PR says…
“With this new EP the band were keen not to tread over the same ground again, the new record retains the usual frenetic noise you’d expect from them, but there’s a bit more of a rock‘n’roll streak running through it, The Ballad of Richard Rambo featuring Jonny Robson of Gimp Fist fame sees them nearly veering into full on street punk territory.”
And it’s all that! Blasting straight in with Lights Out In Suburbia a nice one and a half minute slab of Motorhead tinged madness that lights your ears up and bounces straight into Gina, not fucking about with the hardcore from the lads and pummelling you into submission with another just under two minutes of glorious noise. No bollocks guitar solo nonsense here then! Porcelain kicks in with a menacing bass and guitar backed with a powerhouse pounding of mental drums from spokesman Mundie. Joe, Jay, Chris and Mike are a tight unit that just hit you with blunt force that sends you to your knees into submission.
The Ballad Of Richard Rambo slows things down at bit for this lot and goes slightly to a more rock’n’roll leaning yet still contains the menace of the salty dogs, especially when they drag in Johnny from Gimp Fist for some guest vocals. A raucous laugh and a punk anthem for the summer. Traction Master slams straight back into the hardcore sound we know and love with those 40 fags a day vocals over a battering of fast as fuck gritty sound and a great dirty bass melding with raw guitar and the machine gun drums from Mundie. EP title track is another relentless slab of joy, just under two minutes and in your face like a council estate grannie who’s dropped her bag of chips.
Kicked In The Teeth are showing no signs of slowing down and still sound as exciting and vital as ever. Bring on album number three!
Words by Wayne Carey, Reviews Editor for Louder Than War. His author profile is here
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