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I don't want to dance with you tonight

A month? or so ago the mysterious Ricky left a present in my mailbox; a lil bag of MACKIE'S of Scotland haggis & cracked black pepper (naturally grown & seasoned) Potato Crisps. I've been intrigued as shit ever since I laid eyes on the bag. A quick skim revealed that these are 'thick cut potato crisps' (lets see if they hold up to standard set by Brannigans for thick cut perfection). As soon as I cracked the bag I took a whiff..animal feed? Visually they look like a nice slab of off-white potato goodness with dark specs of flavour. Snatch, chomp..they're on the puffy side of crunchy (I personally would've liked them cooked slightly longer. That said, they're a 3.5..maybe 4 out of 5 on the Brannigans thick cut scale [so not too shabby]). From chip to chip the flavour varies somewhat. Some have a strong initial black pepper..some the pepper doesn't come on until the 2nd half of crunchtime. Either way there is a lot of black pepper in the seasoning for these crisps. I actually don't taste very much other than the black pepper. Every once in a while I get a brief taste of alfalfa? {I'm not quite sure..it tastes of what some animal feed smells}. The black pepper heat sticks around for quite some time after finishing with the crisps. I didn't know what to expect with these crisps and the end result didn't turn me off. If you want to sound like you've eaten something weird without really straying too far from the beaten path have at em. They're a decent thick cut chip, dip em with some sour cream if you want to get really wild!

Last year Asian Man Records re-released the debut LP from Scotland's The Murderburgers. (At some point I must have heard a good review or two of the album/band so) When I ordered The Bruce Lee Band's most recent LP this past spring I figured why not grab Murderburgers How To Ruin Your Life at the same time to pad out my order and make the (outrageous) shipping cost from the states more palatable (per LP). When my package came in I gave my new records a spin and dag nam it, Murderburgers are fantastic. Ramones inspired (often rapid fire) pop punk that doesn't hide from melody or harmonies. Cheeky, anti-social, sometimes bitter and self loathing lyrics, a good sprinkling of love/anti-love songs and a little bit of alcohol. Murderburgers are fun as hell..shit ya! You can stream (and I highly recommend that you at least go get a taste of) all of their albums on their bandcamp page. They even offer a 'name your own price' 60 track download of "Old Bullshit, Rare Bullshit, Previously Unreleased Bullshit & Live Bullshit (2007-2013)". Go listen, enjoy and support.

Stay hydrated,
Marc

ps. Murderburgers have a planned split 7" with Rational Anthem. Yeeeaaaaahhhh. Fuck yeah!

pps. Thanks Ricky.

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