By: Charlie Butler
Album Type: Full Length
Date Released: 29/04/2016
Label: Relapse Records
From the first second
to the last, Wrong maintain a constant flow of gold standard, armour-piercing
riffage and somehow manage to maintain this onslaught of barely restrained
energy with no let-up for 30 minutes, like The Melvins being forced into playing
at double speed, with a cattle prod. This
is a flawless debut from Wrong, an addictive adrenaline rush that’ll be lodged
in your brain for months to come. When the
tunes are this good there is no alternative but to surrender to the power of
the riff.
“Wrong” CD//DD//LP track listing:
1).
More Like
2).
Turn In
3).
Read...Erase
4).
Entourage
5).
Humdrum
6).
Stasis
7).
Mucilage
8).
Fake Brain
9).
Boil
10).
Wrong
11).
High Chair
The Review:
Everything I have read about Florida’s Wrong seems to focus on the fact that they are heavily
indebted to Helmet. Fortunately for them, Helmet have somehow slipped
under my radar. Regardless of whether or not you feel they lean too heavily on
certain influences there is no denying the irresistible force of their killer self-titled
debut LP.
From the first second to the last, Wrong maintain a constant flow of gold standard,
armour-piercing riffage. The band lock into furious staccato grooves, all four
members working as one relentless engine delivering molten noise rock.
Blistering opener “More Like” kicks more ass in 77 seconds than most bands
could dream of in their entire career. Savage stop-start riffs punctuated by
Eric Hernandez’ commanding bark rain down on the listener, with unhinged leads
stabbing through the racket at the song’s climax. Wrong
somehow manage to maintain this onslaught of barely restrained energy with no
let-up for 30 minutes, like the Melvins being forced
into playing at double speed, with a cattle prod.
Wrong boast
ex-members of Torche, a band whose thunderous alchemy of
all things heavy and catchy hooks is echoed throughout this album. The few
tracks where the intensity dips slightly to allow Wrong’s
more melodic tendencies to shine through are particularly reminiscent of Torche’s most soaring moments, the bleary haze of “High Chair” being the best example of this.
This is a flawless debut from Wrong, an addictive adrenaline rush that’ll be lodged in
your brain for months to come. Who cares if it sounds massively indebted to other
bands? When the tunes are this good there is no alternative but to surrender to
the power of the riff.
“Wrong”
is available here
