…worms – self titled

This is one of those bands around town that I have heard a lot about but never heard them. Marriage Records was nice enough to send along their new disc, which I am assuming is ripped from vinyl because the track-listing includes both sides A and B. …Worms has that schizophrenic rock thing going really well. Bands like Drive Like Jehu, Shellac and early Blood Brothers come to mind.
One thing is for sure – these guys kick a lot of ass. Like most bands I am sure their live show is incredible and this album captures a live sound well. When listening to the disc it is a bit hard to get into the songs because none of them are more than 2:30 long, but each has its own identity. The album opener “track 1″ is a distorted collage of sound which eventually makes sense towards the end and leads into a more coherent “track 2″. Other tracks I really like “track 4″ which features a great rhythm played on a tightly tuned snare drum and blends into a sonic barrage of guitars and and volume. “track 5″ sounds like a song straight from Shellac’s 1000 Hurts record.
…Worms doesn’t really have too unique of a sound to listen to without comparison (which I’ve done enough of already), but their music has tons of dynamics and contrast. One example of this is “track 7″ which is a total turn from the rock stuff to a mellow reverbed out guitar song which includes the lyrics “…such a pretty face, I want to kick it in like a deflated basketball”, which is fitting because if they said something else, I wouldn’t believe it.
I have to say that although the music is real good and up my alley, the vocals are a bit over the top in the squeaky, screechy, yelling category. The album could be the soundtrack to a very drunken night of shifting between their show and heckling all the people who go to Barracuda.

…Worms Links
…Worms at Marriage Records