Rating: NNN
Of the 11 songs on this tape (or digital download, if you’ve thrown out your old tape deck), only three break the one-minute mark, which gives you a clue as to how Bayonets!!! approach punk rock. Short, fast and loud is their game, but this is more angular and arty than your typical hardcore.
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Hailing from Edmonton, the Bayonets!!! are made up of ex-members of Mark Birtles Project and the Wolfnote, but chances are that won’t mean much to you unless you’re an Alberta expat. For the rest of us, picture frenetic post-hardcore blasts of noise, with the focus more on spastic fun than angry political rants. Short and sweet is much better than sprawling and tedious, something every band should keep in mind the next time they’re considering a two-disc concept album.
Top track: Ballad Of Bayonets!!!
Bayonets!!! thrash it out May 21 at Whippersnapper Gallery, May 22 at the Polish Combatants Hall and May 23 at Sneaky Dee’s. All gigs are part of Over The Top Fest.
