Track Listing

World Class Defects

1. comatoast
2. no fingernails
3. fourth reich
4. plastic
5. voodoo boots (press black cover)

Press Black

6. aldous
7. ?operation freakout!
8. polycarbon knux
9. they live
0. oh discordia (world class defects cover)

Imagine if two bands that sound like they came straight off of a punk soundtrack to some bizarre, scorched-earth dystopian novel decided to record a split LP. Those two bands: World Class Defects and Press Black of course. 

Word Class Defects' side of the split is dominated by singer/guitarist Danny Automatic's neurotic vibrato, which sounds as if he?s been having a bad acid trip for a week and wanted to come down three days ago. Most of their tracks sound like Public Image Limited and Big Black among other experimental punk bands. "Fourth Reich," which is a more straightforward hardcore song like you might hear from D.R.I, is the exception. The chanting of "Kill Republicans"
in the song is sure to get somebody in the crowd to yell
"Up The Punx!!" Who knows, maybe one of those kids could learn something from this band and their interest in punk might go beyond a passing phase. Each band does a cover of one of the other?s songs. WCD.s Press Black cover
is "Voodoo Boots," which is on par with,
if not better than the original. 

Press Black's side of the split sticks to their winning formula of astute and brutal punk rock. Speaking of dystopian novels, their song "Aldous" is a nod to the Brave New World author. Almost every track on the PB side contains samples of Scientology leader L. Ron Hubbard talking about smashing babies together or something of that nature. Go figure. Press Black doesn't seem to show as much experimentation as they did on their full length, which is a bit disappointing. I was actually looking forward to hearing "Death Ledger," a live favorite, on this album, but you can't get everything you want. This is nevertheless a strong batch of Press Black songs that ends on the
World Class Defects cover "Oh Discordia."

This split is enjoyable, but to really understand how
well these bands go together you need to see
them live on the same bill.