Stretchheads - Five Fingers, Four Thingers, A Thumb, A Facelift and A New Identity

'Five Fingers, Four Thingers, A Thumb, A Facelift and A New Identity'
Stretchheads
1988

Review by Brayden Bagnall

Genre/s: Noise Rock, Noise Punk, Hardcore
For Fans Of: No Trend, McLusky, Brainbombs, Happy Flowers

From 1987 - 1991, Scotland was responsible for keep this band out of whatever institution they rightfully belonged in. Stretchheads were a punch of punks making some really original, incredibly weird noise rock influenced by no-wave, hardcore  and the inability to play any of their respective instruments. This album (it has a long title and I don't want to type it again) are 20 short tracks (i.e under 3 minutes) of weird chords, deranged, screamed vocals and an incredibly off kilter sense of humour. No-one seems to remember these guys nowadays, which is real shame, because they were making some of most alienating, unlistenable noise rock at the time.

TRACKLISTING:
1. Fans
2. Long Faced German
3. Headache
4. Asylum Suck
5. Skinrip
6. Yiddish Yoddle
7. Shape & Cleanse
8. Land Of Ming
9. Rex Perplexed
10. Semtex
11. I Should Be So Lucky
12. Confront
13. Sidatorium
14. Spleng
15. Archive Footage Of A Fish
16. Jaw Box
17. Chicken Fish
18. Everythings Going To Break In A Minute
19. Ilness
20. Cancer
21. Shut Up

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