Have you ever come across a record that draws your attention with just the cover art alone? I like skateboarding demons and abstract Nick Blinko style artwork just fine but every now and then I'll come across a record whose simple, black and white, subtle yet meaningful images speak out to me as if to threaten to curse me if I pass up on it. I'd been seeing it in several distros online and in the record bins at stores a few times. I was expecting some sort of obscure, midwestern hardcore nugget but instead I was taken by surprise by a very roughly recorded post-punk 7" from the UK worthy of being praised by punks and "part time punks" alike. The Fall minus the arty parts. The Slits without the estrogen. Gang Of Four sans the musicianship. Everything that makes all those other bands who they are (were) combined with a penchant for public spaces/transportations makes for a band that caught and then held my attention for the remainding half of the year. The completist nerd in me forced me to go and find the other three Hygiene EP's that were floating around out there and I'm anxiously anticipating more to come.
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