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Water from Hell

I wasn't sure what bag to review tonight. I saw some Ridgies spicy salt & vinegar in the salty cellar and they piqued my interest...I've however previously reviewed them..but I have a hankering. So what to do, what to do. I know it, have a taste of a new bag then dip into the spicy S&V afterwards. I've had a 58g bag of Doritos 3D Crunch Chili Cheese Nacho flavoured corn snacks in the cupboard for a minute, perfect. Then I was left wondering what music would pair with this bag. 

I don't know, I recently picked up a copy of Brickfight's 2016 release To What End from Rad Girlfriend and quite enjoyed it. I had never listened to Chicago's Brickfight before purchasing it. When I ordered the new Mikey Erg album, to make the shipping come close to sort of making sense I filled out the order with some of the RGR back catalogue and voila, I ended up with a gruff midwestern pop punk gem. Yeah, that's what I'll write words about. Jump 1 minute later to me googling Brickfight bandcamp (kids are sleeping, didn't want to throw the LP on) and what is this...Brickfight released an album called Harvester of Nachos. Well dang, I've never listened to this album before starting this review, but I have no other choice but to provide a hasty review of this 2011 Dirt Cult/Let's Pretend release (which appears to be a collection of b-sides or 7" songs).

Doritos 3D are basically bugles with the end closed in, I for some reason didn't expect this. Fun little things. Decent crunch, with a light corn taste. If they called these Spicy Chili Cheese Nacho I wouldn't argue with them. There's a bit more of a kick than I anticipated. These corn snacks are airy, but as previously noted still crunchy. They're similar to a jalapeno chip heat, enjoyable flavourful heat, with some powder cheese flavour that's more prominent in the back end. There's nothing overly new in this bag, I've tasted similar base chips before, I've tasted a mid to spicy nacho cheese flavoured chips before (I want to say they're Doritos 2nd degree burn seasoning repurposed), but I don't believe I've had this exact combo before and it slaps. You should still be able to find these, the BB on them is April 20 2021, if you see a bag and like a bit of kick they're worth your time.

So yeah, Harvester of Nachos. As I said, this is my first listen, so lyrics aren't really getting picked up. Not because the vocals are unclear but because between trying to convey my thoughts on the above chips, and my general inability to pick up on lyrics in the first few listens without a lyric sheet, well, you get what you get. The song titles are on a humerus D4 tip. As I mentioned earlier, they're gruff midwestern pop punk. Mid to up tempo songs that for the most part hover around the 2 minute mark give or take 20 seconds. They list vocals under 3 of the members, and it seems that at least 2 contribute to each song, likely all 3. A good amount of harmonies/dual/tri vocals. The voices range from relatively clean and sometimes somewhat nasal (but not off putting), to higher pitched yell scream, to deep and gruff yell. Because this is a comp, production is variable but in general good. Brickfight sounds fun, and fairly raw on Harvester of Nachos.   

Stay hydrated,

MARC

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