Obsessions, The - Same LP

Skuzzy, tough punk from Vienna. Not as fast as REGULATIONS or as tuneful as the VICIOUS, the OBSESSIONS are still somehow reminiscent of both. They keep things tight in the pocket with mid-tempo but propulsive beats, a wooly thick guitar tone, repetitive vocals, and driving bass lines. A sense of exasperated frustration cuts through in the stark choruses and punctuated hooks. I kept waiting for a blazing fast face-melter to kick things up a notch…but that never materialized. That’s just as well, because the OBSESSIONS still rip in their own way, trading in speed for attitude and anxiety. Best kind of bad vibes.
(Contergan Punk/ 2022)

Tracklist:
A1 City Streets
A2 Kuda Sad
A3 Pressure
A4 Lose
A5 Just For Me
A6 Budala
B1 Down
B2 Brittle
B3 Alive
B4 Ko Je Kriv
B5 We Own The Night
B6 Freitag