I'm assuming they're still in this state as the vinyl has the following epitaph-like statement on the back of the record's sleeve: "Push to Fire was a horrible mistake for all concerned. Hope you like it". Further Googling now informs me that the band were only around for a few weeks, toured once and only recorded two songs. That's a lot more than one of my bands did and we were around for 3 years. I can't help but feel a bit greedy!

Anyway, on to the music: like I say, the a-side really, really excited me and still does. It has this explosive quality to it. Raw as fuck and from what I can tell, the song is about masturbation ("me and my controlled explosion..."). There's a weird effect for an intro, before you can even contemplate what the hell it is, CRASH! The song progresses rapidly. Guitars ejaculate in riots of noise, drums impatiently skip around and your speakers are awash with violence. You get a few seconds to catch your breath before it all erupts again, twice as noisey and aggressive as before. Then, it all ends.

For about 2 years or so this band was just some anonymous thing on my iPod. A really, really brilliantly executed song dripping in energy that no-one else could full appreciate.

Thankfully for this post-humous 7", others can also enjoy the previously exclusive cataclysmic train crash that was Push to Fire. In all their great, but all too brief, glory.

Craig Sharp