Hot Snakes

Automatic Midnight

This is my first listen to any of John and Rick beyond their Yank Crime album as Drive Like Jehu. And because of the clear sonic similarly to that project, it's somewhat difficult to judge Automatic Midnight on its own. However, Hot Snakes is equally different to Jehu here.

This record is if Yank Crime dropped most of its long winded, technical instrumental sequences, and just focused on pure, unfiltered aggression. Yes Automatic Midnight is rough, dirty, garagey hardcore punk, though they're ... read more