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  All Too Human b/w William Says by Wax Idols


All Too Human b/w William Says cover art

Artist: Wax Idols
Title: All Too Human b/w William Says
Catalogue Number: Hozac HZR-086
Review Format: 45
Release Year: 2011



More fuel for my vinyl addiction from Hozac Record…

This time, on translucent gold vinyl, it is California's Wax Idols that induced the need to build another shelf. "All Too Human" is something of a powerhouse with solid post punk never miss a beat drumming à la Marky Ramone nailing the song to the highway of life like the best in steel belted radials as Heather Fedewa struts her stuff with all the insouciant confidence of a woman on a mission. Take it back a few decades - anybody remember The Nuns? -  and this would be all over the FM radiowaves.
 
"William Says" takes a surreal turn and those vocals head off towards the shadows with crushed harmonies hanging like a post trip hangover waking to free you from all those bad dreams. The story remains the same but the drugs are different because it's a different century, baby.

Turn it up and enjoy because that's what you should do!

This release comes in an initial limited run of 200 copies on gold vinyl. The vinyl cut, as seems customary for Hozac, was by Lucky Mastering.
 


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Review Date: May 9 2011