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A\u00a0tiny basement\u00a0in the heart of Liverpool. It\u00b4s boiling and dark. There\u00b4s\u00a0no division between the stage and the audience. It smells nauseous. It\u00b4s vehemently loud, chaotic and obscene. There\u00b4s no better place to be in Liverpool on a Friday the 13th.<\/p>\n
Slaves<\/strong>. Another sonic peculiarity\u00a0coming out of\u00a0the\u00a0current British bellicose machine of noise. And I am not talking about your Kasabians<\/em> or Coldplays<\/em>. \u00a0I am talking about sounds that matter: Phobophobes<\/a>, Dressmaker<\/a>, Slim Customers<\/a>, Fat White Family, The Amazing Snakeheads,<\/strong> you fuckin’ name it. The new addition to my nostalgic soundtrack that pursues the ashes of 1977 is a duo called Slaves<\/strong> \u2013 maybe you already know them. You should. And if not, you\u00b4ve been wasting your time. Just like me.<\/p>\n You could easily define Slaves\u00b4<\/strong> machinery of noise\u00a0as punk. Even during some moments of their chaotic presentation they graze within the\u00a0boundaries of the genre\u00b4s most vulgar reincarnation or what we know as anarcho-punk. But to me, this is just pop music discovering its most visceral and confrontational side in 2-3 minute odes of nihilism\u00a0inspired by daily boredom and post teenage anger.<\/p>\n The speech and the sound is genuine.\u00a0While beautifully destroying its vocal chords,\u00a0Isaac Holman\u00a0<\/strong>drums like Maureen Tucker<\/strong> on MDMA at the same time that Laurie Vincent<\/strong> \u2013 a tattooed free spirit \u2013 shoots frantic and violent riffs. Slaves<\/strong> recreate with artfulness the rock ‘n’ roll circus bringing it back to its\u00a0street-like essence.\u00a0No silly\u00a0harmonies, mellow\u00a0choruses or pretentious nonsense. Just the energy and the audience.<\/p>\n This is the music that make us feel alive. That make us feel human. Vulnerable. Energetic. Real. Pissed. When noise becomes art. Art that you and me\u00a0could validate immediately.\u00a0Iggy<\/strong> would be proud.<\/p>\n