Review Summary: You thought Nasum and Anal Cunt are wild? Listen here: fifty two songs in thirty six and a half minute. Fifty two songs. Now THAT is wild.
Jenny Piccolo is the band that was formed after the break up of
Mohinder. A three-piece maniac band. Jenny Piccolo is the band who is responsible for recording the loudest, fastest and heaviest pieces of emoviolence yet.
The band didn't stay together for all that long (which is kind of typical for hardcore punk acts). But within the few years they were together, Jenny Piccolo recorded an LP, some EPs and some compilation tracks. This self -titled album covers most of their releases.
The Information Battle to Denounce the Genocide LP, their
Lowest Common Denominator 7" EP, the split 10" with
*, a split 5" picture disc EP with
The Locust, some rare compilation tracks, and the material from the
Death of a Salesman split 7" EP with
SU19B. All digitally mastered by
Dan Maier.
That's fifty two songs. Fifty two mad, mad, thrashing start/stop, mindblowing songs. The record is only thirty six and a half minute long. But it's a lot to stomach anyway. Because - musically, this is like listening to The Locust mixed with
Send More Paramedics and
Unbroken - only louder, faster and heavier. Those are the three keywords to this record. Louder, faster and heavier than everything else. It's emoviolence with sprinkles of grindcore and undertones of power violence. It's insane, I promise. And not only is it insane... it's works really good! Technically, there's nothing bad to say about Jenny Piccolo. At all. They are all brilliant musicians. It's all very tight. Especially considering the high pace, and how hard-hitting the music is. It's actually unusually tight.
The lyrics are pretty abnormal - but pretty good anyway. They help make the songs seem even angrier. Lyrics like "
Bull*** pours from your mouth, another sucker is born, chained to the belief that equilibrium is obtained, seen through the lies bought by the blind, the thruth is confined to a legal lif" (from "Patented Genes") kind of grabs your attention a bit (as if the intense wall of fast, loud, heavy music collapsing over you doesn't...).
The Production is quite simplistic. More so on some of the tracks (the sound quality varies a bit between the different releases this discography is made up of) than the others, but quite simplistic all the way through. Which fits this music. It's chaotic, angry, pissed off emoviolence. Not well produced, catchy, (on the verge of-)radiofriendly screamo.
You would think that with fifty two, all rather short songs - you would get sick of all the chaos. You would think that it would be repetetive and boring. Well it ain't! Even though there are only three songs clocking in on more than two minutes ("Total Alienation", "'True Til' Death" and "Forgotten") - it doesn't become repetetive. Ever. It's actually really quite enjoyable. It's quite the opposite of repetetive. It's actually highly creative, and enjoyable. You won't ever find yourself being tired of this CD within the near future. You just won't. At first, there are rather few songs that really stand out. The next song will sound just as good as the previous one. But after you've listened to this album two, or maybe three times - you'll find that the songs are actually quite different. And they DO stand out from one another.
But now, there isn't actually all that much more that I can say about Jenny Piccolo, or this discography CD. I can't tell how unique this discography is with words. I can't justify how good it is with words. You would have to listen to it. It's an amazing record, unlike all the other emoviolence out there. It really just must be experienced.
But be warned, it might knock you off the chair. It's brutal as fuck. This is a great buy for a emoviolence fan. Or a grindcore fan, a powerviolence fan, a hardcore fan, a metal fan, or just a fan of good music. You like good music? Buy this album.
The tracks that'll stand out the first time you hear this album will probably be some of these tracks:
"Joined At The Brain", "Wood Breaking Manifesto", "Purity Control", "Heavy Metal Weekend", "Tank On Jag Vore En Döds Maskin, Bara Gå Omkring Och Slösa Liv (AKA: Have You Seen My Tanks?)", "True Til' Death", "Legal Lynching", and "Sink Or Swim".
PS
You'll probably notice that the vocalist on track fourteen is not from Jenny Piccolo. And you'll probably also notice that he is a really excellent, if not superb vocalist. Some of you emoviolence fans will know this voice, as 'tis a easily recognizable one.
'Tis the voice of
Justin Pearson. The founder of
Three One G records, who plays and/or sings in many bands. Including the band that really escalated the emoviolence scene - Swing Kids.
