fIREHOSE - Ragin' Full-On LP New Zealand (b) cut songs down to

(b) cut songs down to their most “on” moments

Reflecting on the new album

do as I do" declares Doyle assertively on the direct squall of 'Helot' while the suggestively titled 'Nipple Belt' finds the frontman insisting "I need more antifreeze to keep my girls young

and to the fuckin' point

Harlan T Bobo

fIREHOSE - Ragin' Full-On LP New Zealand (b) cut songs down toFIREHOSE offers sophisticated but spiky punk rock that is inventive, compact, crisp and precise. Never merely noisy, the band are a tight, muscular unit capable of using brief musical pauses or sudden shifts in direction for punch just as much as speed, dexterity and volume. The bass and the drums are unusually prominent in the mix, sometimes stealing the show. During their slickest moments FIREHOSE can actually groove like a jazz band, but overall