Released in 1982, the Void side of the Void/Faith split cassette remains one of the most frantic 15-minutes of hardcore punk ever put to tape. Released on Discord records, the Washington DC four-piece's 12-songs retain a cult status and continue to influence punk bands around the world. Portland's U-NIX seem like one of those bands. Like Void, U-NIX's new demo Pedestrian Taste takes the extraordinary force and chaos of punk and hurls it over a fence.Featuring members of Nasa Space Universe, the four-piece lurch and lunge at a blurred speed as a vocalist spits a tirade of abuse. The seven-song demo available soon on Best Before 84records, flits between hyper thrash and faster hyper thrash.The best track "Clout", is an intense lesson in plain exasperation with lyrics screaming "I don't wanna be a punk, I don't wanna be a skin" ….. "I don't want to fit in."A populist Republican was perched in the White House the year the Faith/Void split was released. Thirty-four years later, band's such as U-NIX and their angsty and angry music are just as vital.
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'Pedesterian Taste' will be available soon on Best Before 84 records.Image: Bandcamp