Fag Cop

“I’m Fuckin’ Dead” by Fag Cop, from I’m Fuckin’ Dead (Eat Records):

Fag Cop‘s I’m Fucking Dead is a fast and brutish EP that growls like a rat bike and stinks like a basement show. This Lawrence band plays blistering garage punk, with scummy guitars and raspy vocals distorted all to hell. A guitar grounds out during “Dope Womb”; somewhere, a dude pukes on himself. Like the Reatards, the Retainers or the best Killed by Death tracks, I’m Fucking Dead chafes as it shreds. It’s noisy but catchy, and songs like “Got No Life” and “Skull Splits” throb with impulsive rhythm. Fag Cop sounds like kids who got their asses kicked in high school and grew up to make nasty, vengeful music and pull their wieners out in group photos. Consider them vindicated.