Anxiety's self-titled record was one of the releases of 2016. An agitated and snarling album that thumped with personality and layers of distortion. It was difficult to pinpoint and at times not that easy to listen to but their raw sound was like a monkey wrench shoved into the creaking machine of UK anarcho peace punk.It had been a while since a band's name was so apt.The Glasgow band return with Wild Life, a new 7″ EP that sounds as equally unhinged and frantic.Released on the always excellent La Vida Es Un Mus Discos, the four songs throttle with riffs and feedback. Like that thought that creeps in whenever you are pumping fuel into your can. "What if an exposed flame was to fall into that hole right now?" Consider their track "Pay Pigs" as that match.Listen to the end of "Lizard Lads Under a Rock" when vocalist/floor roller Michael Kasparis (who also plays in excellent London band The Lowest Form) screams or gurgles "scared" for twenty-odd seconds and you will get some sense of the foreboding.As the description on their Bandcamp says, "The songs are about animals, about never having anything, about being too wrong all the time. Because you're not worth it."'Wild Life' is available through La Vida Es Un Mus Discos and Bandcamp.Image: Discogs
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