![]() ![]() Politico bents and layered atmospherics aside, the core of Paganicons feels as elemental and irksome as the rest of the SST roster around that time, and pound for pound, delivers eight knots of sinister yelping and serrated guitars. The band would accompany their politically-inclined tour-mates to rallies and protests, but their music always stuck closer to enduring existentialism. In the midst of all that sustained turmoil, Paganicons was an apolitical show of how punk rock could meld with artful moodiness and personal strife, while still retaining the crunch and bite of its hardcore nature. The heavies of SST quickly became the voice of the anxiety of youth, screaming ragged pleas for shaking off apathy and staying informed and angered. The Reagan Era was entering its first proper push, Cold War paranoia fermented, slinking into every aspect of life and art, police brutality was reaching lawless zeniths, and the darker corners of California were reeling from poverty, narcotics and crime. ![]() The time was ripe for all that ardour and involvement. ![]() As West Coast punk sped into its second wave, detaching from amphetamine rock and forging its hardcore scene, Saccharine’s label-mates, Black Flag and Minutemen were becoming bastions of pent-up unrest and stage violence. Review Summary: The trashcan jazz-man really was a has-been.īy all accounts, Saccharine Trust were somewhat of a prodigal presence on SST. ![]()
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