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Go! Child's debut album, The Masquerade, is much worse than I remember, although it is slightly better than their sophomoric effort Coffee and Ramen.

The opening track, Intro, segues into the next track on the album, Rabbit Hole, named after a series Ryan and Penny did when they were in the online podcast Spagoots. The song is admittedly rather cheesy, with lyrics about working on an idea and making it a reality; it could have been pulled off better, in my personal opinion. On the subject of ... read more

A rather comedic subversion of Anal Cunt's usual modus operandi, Howard Is Bald is an album dedicated to mocking former Earache executive Howard Wulkan, mostly focusing on his lack of hair.

The Howard is Bald EP opens with a parody of A Fifth of Beethoven; admittedly, parody is a bit of a strong word, as it's more or less them playing it in the background while shouting about how Howard is bald. (This track also contains the rather rare use of profanity in this album, with what sounds to be ... read more

Compared to two of their grindcore albums before this, Defenders of the Hate and It Just Gets Worse, this is actually fairly good in comparison, having riffs that aren't just Josh sliding up and down the neck like a mental and brutal drumming.

It's still Anal Cunt, though; by this point, most of their music was becoming the same old shit (which is what this album was originally going to be called), and this album is an exception in one or two places. Seth's scream has notably deteriorated in ... read more

I will preface this by saying that I like Penny Parker’s online work; Real-Time Fandub has made me laugh several times, and I followed one of the podcasts she was in, Spagoots Realms, before it was cancelled.

Two years ago, I bought Go! Child’s first album, The Masquerade. Although not all of the tracks were the best (Gravitated in particular, though that gets the excuse of being the first song they wrote), I still think that album was fine enough. Not exactly good, but not exactly ... read more