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Taikon Mi

 Anticipation can go one of two ways. You always hope for your expectations to be met, but quite often you're left with the taste of dirt in your mouth.

When I first reached out to get some Slide (Gourmet Potato Chips) I pointed my bat towards the Sea Salt & Malt Vinegar as being the grand slam. Thick cut chips with the prime go to chip seasoning flavour, yes please. 

Earlier this year Wasted Wax let on that there was a Quit It! LP in the works that would be out this year. From the onset of that announcement I was stoked. I thoroughly enjoyed River Jacks so I couldn't see why the next project wouldn't be anything shorty of a banger.

I was met with a faint vinegar scent when I cracked open the Slide S&V. The crunch is mid to heavy weight which quickly gives way to the buttery texture that I've enjoyed with previous bags of Slide Chips. These beauties are THICK cut. The vinegar, as it smelled, is present but not overly aggressive. You really get the malt flavour in these chips, but it doesn't smack you in the face. The salt and oil levels are great to add buttery flavour to the buttery texture. Some chips have a bit more of the vinegar tang than others, which because these base chips are so good it's not off putting and an actual nice surprise when you hit a real vinegary chip. There's something about the mix of ingredients on these that remind me of fish & chips fries. There's not a fishy flavour, it just triggers that sense in me. Noice. The 2.5 oz (71g) bag give me enough of a taste to leave me wanting more.

My copy of Quit It!'s Spilling Out came in the mail this past week. The piano intro in the A Side before Taikon Mi kicked in was nice, and I was quite surprised that Spencer Jo wasn't the singer on the opening track, which is an absolute kick you in the feels banger, more midwestern pop punk than the sea-shanty styled folk punk that the River Jacks put out. The next track was fronted by Spencer Jo and was more in line with the folk punk. (According to their bandcamp blurb) Everyone in the band sings lead at various points on the album (including a few guest singers, Sarah on Taikon was very very nice) which provides some nice gruff to accompany the anthemic delivery of Mr. Burgess. This is a punk album through and through with pop and folk spices present throughout. I like to call this sound posi-core (somewhere between midwest and Long Island), but maybe that's just me being lazy. Either way, harmonies, vocal trade offs, gang vocals, oh heck yeah. This album more than met my high expectations, it will be in my top 5 of 2022 when the clock hits 1159 on NYE. Quit It! delivered an album that is so good with absolutely no fat to trim, as soon as Guts & Glory finishes I can't help but ask myself how it's over already...then flip it and go right back to Bones Raw Wire because I don't want the journey to end. Spilling Out is a ray of sunshine.

Taikon has a very Cande Ru Las Degas era Holy Mess sound to it, but is not derivative of THM. I guess I should check out Alien Boys now.

Stay hydrated,

Marc

 

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