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A couple months ago my mom was in Winners and saw a bag of Deep River Snacks Aged Cheddar Horseradish Kettle Cooked Potato Chips, being the thoughtful lady she is she snagged a bag of them for me. A couple weeks ago my friend Ricky was at a different Winners and sent me a picture of the same chips. I guess it was a sign that it's time to crack em open and get my crunch on. This evening I went to my chip cellar and grabbed the flat orange bag of salty goodness. I've been anticipating these chips since I was gifted them, I love me some horseradish. I opened the bag and surveyed; orange tinted chips with a little white powder on em, not overly shiny..promising. I got my chipping hand ready and snagged the most flavourful looking chip. Pretty much as soon as it touches your tongue you're hit with a distinct hot horseradish zing..which dissipates fairly quickly. The aged cheddar flavouring is very faint (as in barely there). The seasoning on these chips is very light, you get a lot of potato taste without being slapped in the face with grease a la Kettle brand chips. These chips ARE for the faint of heart, nobody is breaking out in a sweat from 'em. You may want to find a dip due to the light seasoning..I had some Philadelphia Onion that was open in the fridge so I gave it a go. It was a decent combo, the hot horse radish compliments the onion well enough.

A couple weeks ago I ordered the Strange Creatures tape from Saskatoon based band Mystery Squad (I'm not a fan of the tape resurgence. I think it's ridiculous [and a garbage format] but when it's the only physical format, I guess it'll do {wastedwax records did a great job with the packaging for this tape so it wasn't a total bummer}). I found this band due to it's shared members from Herd of Wasters. You can hear the vocal and songwriting similarities between Herd and Mystery Squad. The vocal delivery on this album is fairly straightforward, less funky vocal tweaks. Mystery Squad's lyrical subject matter is dark with nice touches of sarcasm and anger, there's a nice bite to em. The music is pretty straightforward punk rock pulling influence from 83 while keeping a foot in 77, less groove oriented than Herd. I dig. It's far more serious than Herd's Just Three Dudes but it's just as fun. You can stream/download the full Strange Creatures album on bandcamp (it's pay what you want) I'd recommend tossing in a few shekels, it's worth it.

Stay hydrated,
Marc

ps. When I ordered the tape they also tossed in a couple Herd of Wasters flexi's for free, totally unnecessary but mucho appreciated. Another reason to support independent labels/bands..they give back.


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