Follow up to Löckheed's 2020 EP Conflict Delirium released by Blown Out Media and Affect's 2020 Fucked Reality cassette tape released by Black Konflik // 6 tracks, 45 rpm, 500 copies pressed on black vinyl // joint release from Blown Out Media and Phobia Records // release date is Friday November 13th mastered at Lizzcharge Studio, Santa Rosa, California in the summer of 2020 Our take: Classic-sounding 6-song split 7” from these two raw punk bands. Lockheed is from California, we’ve raved about them before, and these three tracks don’t disappoint at all. Their sound is in that fast and brutal mode with complex riffing, and will slide comfortably into your collection if you’re into bands like Scarecrow and Public Acid. The guitar sound is blown out in a Disclose kind of way and the vocals snarl in a Poffen-influenced style. As for Sweden’s Affect, they have a looser, rawer sound in the early Disclose mold with vocals modeled on Kawakami’s. In contrast to Lockheed’s rhythmically denser style, Affect deals in cascading sheets of noise. I’m feeling the Lockheed side more at the moment, but this is a quality pickup for any raw punker.
