Search - Flux of Pink Indians :: Strive to Survive/Neu Smell

Not a teatime record

Carlo Matthews | Been Moving Around | 05/09/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Perhaps not a record to play with your first cup of tea of the day, Flux's first album is nevertheless a tour de force of the first wave of punk - one of the glorious last gasps of the period. Having said that, be warned that Flux were purists who, if anything, made a giant leap for the punk genre into hardcore. The disarmingly captivating feature of their music is in the combination of catchy & clever songwriting with a merciless onslaught of drawning guitars that will either leave you floored or force you to leave the room. In a way, this album can be compared to Husker Du's "New Day Rising," where a distinct melodic sensibility is matched with a mudslide of distortion, where two seemingly incompatible approaches collide to create a truly new experience. The style is a statement in itself, never mind the fact that Flux engage topics such as the nuclear energy in their own uncompromising ways (which may be blunt but never banal). Add to this a backdrop of anarchist working class attitudes and we have one of the few genuinely revolutionary albums of Punk that doesn't lose credibility with the passing of years. Anybody in search of artistic position over pose, both in form and content, should see this as one of the spikiest thorns in the crown of Punk."

Punk is for punx...

Carlo Matthews | 08/24/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Punk is for punx...basically, in those words, Flux of Pink Indians make their statement loud. With such problems such as nuclear waste, and many more, addressed in their grainy, yet beautifully put together sound, FOPI plays it to the max! I recommend this album to all punk/oi!/harcore or open minded music fans worldwide!"