Emerging: Ouch My Face
Jun 15, 09
(photo by Jake Treacy)
It sort of figures we guess that it would take a small-framed Asian girl with short hair and Coke bottle spectacles to revitalize the notion of true punk music emanating from Australia. That torchbearer is Celeste Potter, frontwoman and lead songwriter for Aussie trio Ouch My Face, probably the most ferocious voice and talent we've heard jump out of the rock 'n' roll genre in a very very long time. Along with the rhythm section of Ben Wundersitz and Steve Huf, Ouch My Face create crunching, messy, screeching, breakneck rock music that thrills and kills. It's wild and unhinged, just the way we like it, but it's not filled with sameness or anything to grovel about. Just listening to this band makes you want to rip your nemesis's face off at a moment's notice, which, for us, seems pretty okay right now. Make sure you pick up the rad debut EP from the band. Potter graciously designed the packaging and did the artwork, because that's just the type-A personality she is.
(mp3) Ouch My Face - Don't Take A Knife To The Graveyard
Godspeed!
