Shaved Women are a band that you should like and listen to often. They are from St. Louis; which is a city of about 3 million that is found in Missouri, one of the United States.

Self described as ”four dudes”, the group named after a Crass song play some pretty scary sounding hardcore. To me, this is an instant classic, a very memorable listen and a band people will use as a reference point from now on.  Lots of emotion in the vocalists snarls, heavily distorted and thundering basslines, lots of toe-tapping, head-banging verses that just rock hard (this is a great record to crank up loud and let play) and some very satisfying more creative moments, where they play with noise by hammering on the guitar pickups, dead-strumming (just the sound of the pick scraping the strings with no actual notes being played) or more commonly, just discordant and angular or unexpected guitar lines. To me, this record sounds sort of like Ross, the singer for Ceremony, was fronting Pissed Jeans…as the soundtrack for your worst nightmare.

7 tracks, 17 minutes long, each track between 2 and 3 minutes long for that heavier mid-tempo rock feeling. Comes with a super-heavy Die Kreuzen cover that rages way harder than the original and is super intense.  SHAVED WOMEN just might be your new favorite band. Awesome hardcore punk from St. Louis. Can’t wait for more from these guys!

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