Vidaguerrilla – Major Destroyer Records presents…

Vidaguerrilla – Major Destroyer Records presents…

Major Destroyer Records – 2016

Rock, Fuzz, Noise, Experimental, Punk, Psych, Stoner

Rated: ****

We’ve been mentioning the good man of Vidaguerrilla in various Quick Fire Friday segments and that BuzZz feed thing we did. But when the new 7” arrived at our doorstep it felt only right to do something more. Simply called Major Destroyer Records presents…, the vinyl is brought to you by the record company in the title. Two sides, four tracks and all of them completely overladen with fuzz and with enough noise to fill your eardrums to the max. But it never starts to overrule the compositions. Which are clear but experimental. From it comes the vision of the true outsider. A righteous Howard Roark or a character from a Henri Barbusse novel. There are desires that stir in him and separates him sharply from other people. You can feel the confusion and the bewilderment. And still some form of contentment or perhaps acceptance. And that problem stems from that earthly vibe, cause even if the clamor is ever present you can feel its simple touch through it all. A last gunslinger if ever there was one…

(Written by JK)

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