Plague Soundscapes
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Plague Soundscapes is The Locust
's second album, and their first with ANTI-Records
. It features a more refined sound than previous The Locust albums, with a greater emphasis on keyboards.
The Locust
The Locust is a musical group from San Diego, California, United States known for their unique mix of grindcore speed and aggression, mathcore complexity, and new wave weirdness.- Style :...
's second album, and their first with ANTI-Records
ANTI-
ANTI- is an American record label founded in 1999 as a sister label of Epitaph Records.While Epitaph's focus has shifted over the last decade from mostly punk rock, nowadays ANTI- has a more diverse roster, ranging from country , hip hop , reggae , Soul , folk , rap-rock , indie rock...
. It features a more refined sound than previous The Locust albums, with a greater emphasis on keyboards.
Track listing
- "Recyclable Body Fluids in Human Form" – 0:41
- "Identity Exchange Program Rectum Return Policy" – 0:59
- "Solar Panel Asses" – 0:26
- "Live from the Russian Compound" – 0:59
- "Earwax Halo Manufactured for the Champion in All of Us" – 0:52
- "Wet Dream War Machine" – 1:24
- "Listen, the Mighty Ear is Here" – 1:07
- "Who Wants a Dose of the Clap?" – 0:52
- "Teenage Mustache" – 0:55
- "How to Become a Virgin" – 0:44
- "Anything Jesus Does I Can Do Better" – 1:29
- "Late For a Double Date With a Pile of Atoms in the Water Closet" – 0:46
- "File Under 'Soft Core Seizures'" – 0:54
- "Practiced Hatred" (Crossed OutCrossed OutCrossed Out was a power violence band from Encinitas, California, operative from early 1990 until late 1993.-History:Crossed Out played sixteen shows and released a demo, 7", split 7" with Man Is the Bastard, split 5" with Dropdead, and two songs for the Son of Blleeaauurrggh compilation...
cover) – 0:34 - "Psst! Is That a Halfie in Your Pants?" – 1:06
- "The Half-Eaten Sausage Would Like to See You in His Office" – 0:47
- "Pulling the Christmas Pig by the Wrong Pair of Ears" – 0:42
- "Can We Please Get Another Nail in the Coffin of Culture Theft?" – 1:17
- "Your Mantel Disguised as a Psychic Sasquatch" – 0:40
- "Twenty-Three Lubed Up Schizophrenics with Delusions of Grandeur" – 0:52
- "Captain Gaydar It's Time to Wind Your Clock Again" – 1:03
- "Priest with the Sexually Transmitted Disease Get Out of My Bed" – 0:33
- "Pickup Truck Full of Forty Minutes" – 1:21
Personnel
- Justin PearsonJustin PearsonJustin Pearson is a frontman or bassist for a number of San Diego noise rock and grindcore bands, starting off in the punk outfit Struggle in 1994. Ensuing projects included Swing Kids, The Locust, The Crimson Curse, Holy Molar, Head Wound City, Ground Unicorn Horn, Brain Tourniquet, All Leather,...
– bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, vocals - Bobby Bray – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, vocals - Joey KaramJoey KaramJoseph Karam is an American musician known for singing and playing keyboard/synth in The Locust and also formerly was the drummer of the band Le Shok, as well as voaclist for hard core straight edge band Resist....
– keyboardsSynthesizerA synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
, vocals - Gabe SerbianGabe SerbianGabriel Serbian is an American drummer and guitarist, most famous for his work in The Locust, Cattle Decapitation, and Holy Molar. He is recognized as a very capable drummer, as showcased on recent Locust albums...
– drums