THIRDFACE
DoIt WithA Smile
Tennessee speed merchants hold the ace of pace
EXPLODING IN SOUND RECORDINGS
Thirdface do a good job of describing themselves: “Fast and loud. Sometimes slow?” Unfortunately, they haven’t quite captured just how fast and loud they can be, because on songs like the 36-second-long Buck they brilliantly manage to harness the angular volume of Lightning Bolt with the powerviolence pace of Spazz. Also, when they do go slow, like on the first half of Villains! – before the chaos inevitably returns – the lack of pace never turns into a lack of intensity. If unrefined, manically fast, noise punk is your idea of a good time, then Thirdface might just be your new favourite band.