Smilex, purveyors of the lyric satiric,  have rarely been known to cause a pleasant sound. Indeed, their music could be ascribed the abrasiveness of a thorough sandpaper genital massage. But, for all that, it is bloody brilliant. Produced by ex-Skunk Anansie guitarist, Ace, the music is sinister, overbearing, raw and edgy to the point of extremity. There is no compromise: if at any point in the recording process a timid engineer has asked “d’you think we should tone down the distortion a bit?”  Smilex have undoubtedly replied with an evil grin; “no, keep it that way, we want to see bleeding ear drums.”  Make no mistake, they will never come anywhere near perfect, or even aesthetically pleasing, but they sound fucking good if you turn them up loud and dance like a leprechaun on magic mushrooms.
This seven track mini-album has been based on the “seven deadly sins” dreamt up by some boring old sod in bygone ages (Gregory the Great if Wikepedia can be trusted- Ed). In my blindness I can only see them as admirable qualities, but maybe if someone made me the pope I’d change my mind… The Sins – and the track titles – include; Sloth, Lust, Pride, Gluttony, Avarice, Envy and Wrath. Smilex major on WRATH. Never before has there been an ensemble of little energetic demons more capable of utterly destroying the subject of their evil attentions. And hell, why not? Because if anything’s worth doing, it’s worth doing right. And the only proper way of dealing with the seven sins most worthy of eternal damnation, is with one bottle of absinthe, two of the biggest, greasiest pizzas you can find, complete nudity and Smilex, bloody loud and bloody offensive.

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