‘San Francisco’s Rank/Xerox do the future-primitive punk thing so effortlessly well that they would’ve been a perfect addition to Subterranean’s roster some thirty years earlier, fitting snugly between Nervous Gender and Flipper. That’s not to say they sound like either of those bands, though – rather, Rank/Xerox have a visceral-yet-moody texture reminiscent of Feederz, some Rudimentary Peni attitude, and maybe even a little VSS-styled DIY laser light-show action. In all of those classic punk scenes, none of the original bands really sounded like each other anyway, its more of the anxious strumming and frantic percussion that would make them a perfect candidate for any S.F. Underground compilation. The three songs here sound fresh yet classic, and at a total playing time around five minutes, I’d be wearing out the grooves on my copy if it wasn’t for my successful MP3 search. Don’t you dare go looking for them, though – (from yellow green red)
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I had this in my wishlist, but then erased it...stumbled across it again and bought it, wondering why I didn’t purchase it in the first place?!
As “huffersrights82” so adequate wrote, AUS are beaming me to this long gone Berlin with their wavy Post-Punk. I imagine the Band in an old dirty Bunker, recording this Demo, that has it’s very own charm and I am totally looking forward to a full-length follow up!!! Patrick