Monday, May 25, 2009

Concrete Sox


Concrete Sox hailed from the UK in the mid-'80s and to this day there are legions of crust bands trying to replicate the sound that these guys captured on their first album entitled Your Turn Next. The album starts off with female singing over a music sample from the movie Suspiria scored by the mighty Goblin. There are a few moments of female singing peppered throughout the album that seem to add to its overall atmosphere. Some may say these moments are out of place but personally I think they are just brilliant. Did I mention the riffs? Concrete Sox cough up some great ones here and really show how great of a anarcho-crossover band they were blending punk, hardcore and thrash just effortlessly. If you dug the Toxic Waste post I started off this blog with you will love this shit. Get it.

Your Turn Next

3 comments:

Zer said...

Amazing album!!! And totally awesome blog! Cheers and Zer!
Concrete Sox discography

Twin Uzis in Hyrule said...

Thank you for the kind words. I've been a fan of your blog for quite some time.

cheers,
Adam

Anonymous said...

I'm Vic Croll (aka Vic Timoveric) & wrote the music on this album. Thanks for the kind words. You can download this album from our website (free) + some new/rare live stuff (from 84 & 92) at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/concretesox

Also, join out fanpage at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Concrete-Sox/134994489864951

Peace, Vic...