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Planet Creep - Self Servicedotdotdot
artworkPlanet Creep continues to produce edgy punk based surf inspired instrumentals, spike with a few vocals. The music is often angular, sometimes a little mathematical, yet it is also organic and attractive.
Picks: Scene 12 Take 1, Muss Lurion Sterben?, Mothership Neptune the Soquel, Surf! Enchilada Surf!, Starfighter, TMoPiaBaBO (car chase), Tsunami Slut, effe pissen, The Purple People Eater, CX-9, Fleissfressende Pflanzen, Run Chicken Run, Scene 12 Take 1

Track by Track Review


Scene 12 Take 1 dotdotdot
Punk Surf (Instrumental)

This is gradually escalating punkoidal instro with surf influences and splashy playing. Heavy, yet playful.

Muss Lurion Sterben? dotdotdot
Punk Surf (Instrumental)

From a dark punky platform and surf thinking, "Muss Lurion Sterben?" rises to the challenges of the curl. It's really more punk than surf, yet it's surely fitting for some shortboard terror.

Mothership Neptune the Soquel dotdotdotdot
Punk Surf (Instrumental)

Dry rhythm chops, surfisms, aquatic punk, a circular riff, and great drums. The bass relentlessly grumbles beneath it all. The rhythm riff is derived from the Adams Family theme, or is it the Munsters? No matter, it's just a passing reference. Nice track.

Surf! Enchilada Surf! dotdotdotdot
Punk Surf (Instrumental)

This is quite an excursion. A little tango, some surf, some punk spunk, and a cool rhythm and riff. dark, yet playful, "Surf! Enchilada Surf!" is an intriguing track with several changes and drama.

Starfighter dotdotdotdot
Punk Surf (Instrumental)

"Starfighter" rises from the drone of space through a lumbering surf sludge, to a fast paced space surf assault. Not melodic in the attractive sense, yet not riffy either. Intense and dominating, with an eerie coldness.

TMoPiaBaBO (car chase) dotdotdotdot
Punk Surf (Instrumental)

Planet Creep take an old rock instro theme (the police chase) and move into an angular darkness. Surf twang, punk distortion, and infectious chunk. This is a splendid intro!

Tsunami Slut dotdotdot
Punk Surf (Instrumental)

"Tsunami Slut" crosses boundaries between the surf idiom and punk with ease. Some heavy sections, some delicate plucking, and some mathematical punk-surf. Not sure why the title.

effe pissen dotdot
Punk Surf (Instrumental)

This is a brief forty-two second noodle exercise.

The Purple People Eater dotdot
Punk Surf (Instrumental)

No, it's not the Sheb Wooley gimmick song. It's also not as interesting as the rest of the instros here. "The Purple People Eater" seems to me to be much too riffy. It's not unchanging, but the changes don't add anything. maybe it's just very cohesive.

CX-9 dotdotdot
Punk Surf (Instrumental)

Launched from some mysterious place, and hinting of "Music To Watch Girls By" when you have a captain Beefheart mood on, "CX-9" is a difficult track, yet has a mathematical dissonance that's strangely attractive.

Fleissfressende Pflanzen dotdotdot
Punk Surf (Instrumental)

"Fleissfressende Pflanzen" is almost pompous in its drama, yet simple and pure in its punk-and-circumstance roots. Cool track.

Run Chicken Run dotdotdot
Punk Surf (Instrumental)

A bazillion bands have cut versions of Link Wray's "Run Chicken Run." This is another. Fun, but unremarkable.

Scene 12 Take 1 dotdotdot
Punk Surf (Instrumental)

This is a live take of Planet Creep's gradually escalating punkoidal instro. Very dark and powerful this way. Surf influences and splashy playing. Heavy duty danger.