Man, this is pretty hard stuff� I remember myself 2 years ago listening to this stuff with my ears aching and my eyes falling from their scales: �how can a band make such a noise?� I was wondering all the time. I started to like hardcore and bands like Blindside, Unashamed, Living Sacrifice and N.I.V. But TFU�s music is so intense, difficult and noisy that I just couldn�t stand it. When listening to this EP now, I hear that these guys are some of the best hardcore-musicians around, producing such an intense, groovy music that it�s almost over the top. Bleeping guitar-amps, shouting vocals, superb refreshing rhythms and most of all there�s emotion hidden in this music. I start to like this band very much and this rare music combined with the poetical, absurd lyrics make this music so interesting that it�s hard to deny.

This 4-song EP is a good way to get to know this band, although their new style is completely different from this older sound. Their newest record �Throwing A Wrench Into The American Music Machine� is a mix of hardcore-lyrics and �grooves with pumpin� electronic rhythms in vein of Atari Teenage Riot. Right now I don�t like that album very much, but maybe I do after 2 years, just like I start to like TFU�s old sound right now.

Karel Smouter

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