Consumed
Hit For Six (Fat Wreck Chords)
by Marc Hirsh
Consumed
Hit For Six (Fat Wreck Chords)
by Marc Hirsh
originally published in Space City Rock, Spring 2001
The cricket reference of the title notwithstanding, there's little throughout the duration of Hit For Six that would suggest that Consumed hail from the British Isles (unless you pay far more attention to the placement of the steering wheel on the bus on the back cover and the lane location of the moving vehicles on the inside spread than I'd care to know about). Less London punk than SoCal hardcore, Hit For Six speeds along briskly enough and packs a reasonable wallop during the course of its 14 tracks. Too bad for them that I can't remember a single song the second it's over. Actually, that's not entirely true, but I'm not convinced that I'd be able to recall "Twat Called Maurice" if I didn't think that they were, on some level, making fun of the Jam. Unfortunately, that's the only level on which they connect; viscerally, sonically, intellectually and that-nebulous-unexplainable-magically, they don't even register. It's like they don't even know those levels exist. But hell, I'm not clawing at my ears while it's playing, so I'll let others give them the benefit of the doubt they may well deserve and be on my merry way.