Screeching Weasel
My Brain Hurts (Look Out!) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR)
Skateboard punks from the Chicago suburbs, Screeching Weasel slows the tempos slightly on its third release without any loss of spunk, spite or satire. The 14 tracks on ”My Brain Hurts” check in at under 30 minutes, and the quintet rocks hard, fast and expertly, particularly drum dynamo Danny (not to be confused with guitarist Danny Vapid). The melodic choruses come tumbling out fast and furious, like ants spilling out of a honey jar, and there`s a terrific, storm-the-barricades version of ”I Can See Clearly Now.” What puts the group a cut above its hard-core contemporaries are the lyrics of singer Ben Weasel, who rants and raves not only at a world that just doesn`t get it, but also at himself.
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