Mar. 04, 2009 - Issue #698: Mind The Gap
Bayonets!!!
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Bayonets!!!To the Point!
(Bart)
To the Point! isn’t just a bad pun on Bayonets!!!’s name: this tape (and digital download) jets by in just over eight minutes, breezy even for a band that takes pride in playing a set that tops out at 15 minutes on a luxurious day. What they lack in length they more than make up for in punch, however: made up of former members of both the Wolfnote and MBP (including, full disclosure, Vue employee Bryan Birtles, though, fuller disclosure, no one around here likes him) Bayonets!!! blister through a punk-influenced noise like laconic demons, arty tics balanced with a sly sense of humour, whether it’s simply chanting the names of each band member for 43 seconds (“Ballad of Bayonets”) or teaching a history lesson in between bursts of frenetic noise (“Last Spike,” an album highlight). This is more than sharp enough to warrant enough repeats to make it seem as long as a normal album. V
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