Knife Massage - White Male (Guest Review By Dirk Ceustermans)

     

  Dirk shifts his attention to Holland today as he recommends another cool band for us to check out... 

  Belly Button Records is a very interesting label from Antwerp, Belgium, that has been very active this year throwing up great releases on the carpet of tunes. Always unpredictable going from experimental over garagy towards psych or punk. 

They regularly cooperate with other Belgian DIY labels Ronny Rex and Rockerill Records.

This release, by Knife Massage, apparently a band from Rotterdam, Netherlands, really blows my mind.

As they claim on Bandcamp: 

"Angry garagepunk prawling pretards from pRotterdam Knife Massage will give you a hard time.

A massage shouldn't be given with knifes, most people know that"

(was the typo intended in the name of the city? “protter” is someone who farted in Dutch)

  Now that is great information, now you know what to expect. 

  But still this single sided 7" opens with a song that brings you in some sort of state of... "what the hell is going on? The release thankfully indicates it concerns 33rpm as it would leave you in doubt until the second track appears

Side B (on a single sided release hah!) even has a track title called "You left your head in my fridge"... nuff said!

Also great to see these guys went into the analogue Duct Tape Studios, where I also did some sessions with my mates from De Dikke Kees. I know it's a great place to record! 

  White Male is a great gem, stuck in between the other two more experimental noise songs. The lead has that awesome guitar sound in it, you know, that turned down tone and wahwah effect… it makes it so intense. Yes, another great discovery from the city of Rotterdam, excellent! I will need to hear more from this bunch, that is for sure. 

You can get the ep here : https://bellybuttonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/knife-massage-ep

  White Male...