Penis Fly Trap
Civil War II
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Neo-Alt-Pop-Punk-Post-Garage-Hop-Core. 21 pseudo-socio anthems with zen hooks in 40 minutes. Atypical, punk-rock sing-a-longs to confuse the consumer driven. Not boring.
tracks
- 1 Phantom Limb
- 2 Homeless
- 3 Alien Trick
- 4 Death Sale
- 5 Beautiful Bomb
- 6 Packet Switch
- 7 Daddy We Cloned the Cat
- 8 Nike Tattoo
- 9 S.y.e.m.
- 10 Masterplan
- 11 Stand Up and Fail
- 12 On the Pourin' Gin of Species
- 13 Pro Football
- 14 Pi
- 15 More Math Than Love
- 16 Hypothalamus
- 17 Consume Yourself
- 18 Butch
- 19 Beautiful World
- 20 Mr. Beat
- 21 Unpopular
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The vocalizing is incisive and obtuse. You'll need the lyric sheet. The inadequate lexicon of language impotently provides the following words to describe this sophomore body of work: Tense, jovial, driving, caustic, jeering, stainless, enigmatic."
--X
This 21-song release is one of those CDs that penetrates your subconscious and grows on you. I keep humming the melodies from this mid-tempo rhythmic punk. A tinge of WIRE
comes to mind when I crank this disc."
--Maximum RockNRoll
The magic starts on track 6 ("Packet Switch"). The Husker Du-ish feel underscores the DIY production while a Ramones/Jerry's Kids influence permeates. Aside from "Pro Football", Civil War II cleverly rehashes the requisite punk rants, adds wry social commentary ("Butch," a song about our voyeuristic media) and explores wild inventiveness ("Daddy We Cloned The Cat" is a 21 second bombast while "Unpopular" kicks off with a talk show caller proclaiming, "Boston fans suck" followed by silence and then a laugh track superimposed over gruesome news reports). The explosive "Nike Tattoo" is a scathing indictment of modern consumerism that continues on "SYEM" (chorus: "Spend your money"). "Masterplan" is the closest to the Minor Threat/SSD style hardcore (chorus: "You wanna be right"). Of the few songs with a guitar solo, there is only one without the Black Flag My War era dissonant thrashing. At a shade over two minutes, "Pi" boasts a great riff and groove. A stand-out is the revved up cover of Devo's "Beautiful World," a sharp contrast to RATM's equally effective sedate version. Civil War II abounds with intelligent lyrics and raw passion. It's a keeper.
--Marc Friedman (The Noise)
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- author: Andrew G. Browne
This is a record that is cynical in a spirited way, decadent and delightfully so! Chock full of rapid-fire, fun, punk riffs and rhythms, there are many tracks here you want to throw on at about 8 o'clock on Friday evening as you crack your first (or second) Beck's and get ready to head out to the beer garden. The sometimes nonsensical puzzles and sports metaphors presented in the lyrics often leave you scratching your head and asking yourself, "What is Penis Fly Trap really trying to convey to me about life?" But don't scratch your head too hard, just turn up the volume and groove to the easy, punk anthems like "Alien Trick" and the Devo cover "Beautiful World".