FRIED E/M - "Modern World" LPFried E M Modern World LP (Lumpy, 2020) Tied w Oily Boys for favorite punk record of the year. Actually, nah not even a tie. It's this. Scathing and gimmickless spike rock from the mean streets of St. Lou. I played the fuck out of this one in 2020 "POGO PUNK FOR THE SOCIETALLY INEPT 11 song debut LP from the Fried. Just as The Germs, Zero Boys, and The Stalin before us, we too believe in a razor thin line between punk and hc. We spent 3 years

“Animal”—a resounding star’s entrance

and deliberate use of repetition make its intentions clear

they literally pressed it themselves

the global avant-psychedelic rock underground of the late 1960s

as they effortlessly trade vocals from track to track

” Scathing commentary abounds

catalog consists of sexual/financial braggery by way of the steal-yer-girl and/or look-at-my-watch style lyricism that was so prevalent throughout their contemporaries' records

LIMITED first edition of 30

each leading a handful of songs and sharing backing band duties between guitars

the Girls were unaware of

at a glance

I still think about the photo on Can We Win when I listen to this record