Formed from the ashes or still-beating corpses of every contemporary New York punk group (Crazy Spirit, Hank Wood And The Hammerheads, etc.), Murderer has concocted a brew that's more palatable than any of their parent groups or, indeed, as the name would suggest. Seeping in with a sampled xylophone/synth piece, Henry ("Hank Wood") dresses up in his romance, a baritone that belies the gritty power-trio thump that bursts in. With tin-pot drums and thrilling, dirged guitars blasting out a primitive, garage stomp underneath the ensemble vocals, the effect isn't unlike The Gun Club's doomed sense of America's underbelly produced by Fenriz. LP includes a 19" x 25" poster.