ARAB ON RADAR - SWIMMING WITH A HARD-ON b/w SAMURAI FIGHT SONG 7" (LOAD 023)

LOAD 023 IS A SINGLE BY THE VENERATED NOISE-ROCK PRANKSTERS ARAB ON RADAR. ONE OF MY FAVOURITE THINGS IS WHEN OXES RELEASED A RECORD AND PRETENDED IT WAS BY THEM, APING THEIR STYLE AND SONG TITLES AND EVERYTHING. HAMMER THAT BALL RIGHT INTO THEIR COURT.

ARAB ON RADAR'S ORIGINAL BASSIST LEFT SO THEY DID A NOVEL THING AND NEVER REALLY ADDRESSED IT IN THEIR MUSIC. THE TWO GUITARS FUDGE AND SLICE AND SQUIWMMM THROUGH THE HIGH END AS DRUMS SMASH AND VOCALS CATERWAUL LEAVING THIS BIG HOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR SONGS.

THOUGH NO LESS AN EXAMPLE OF AVANT ROCK TIGHTROPE WALKING THE B-SIDE HAS A DOWNTUNED GUITAR I GUESS AND SEEMS NEARER TO A REGULAR ROCK SONG. ACTUALLY I HAVE TO SAY FOR THAT OLD CANARD PLEASURE IT IS MUCH MORE SUCCESSFUL. I AM AN OLDER GUY NOW.

THIS IS PRETTY MUCH THE DEFINITION OF A TOUR 7". LIKE IT'S TOTALLY A SOLID REPRESENTATION OF THE BAND WITHOUT BEING THE BEST MATERIAL THEY'D DO.