Reviewed by Ian Webber

Greeting the listener on the opener is a wall of feedback that sets up the 20 minutes of aggressive noise and mayhem from Texas-based hardcore band Starve. This fresh and raw six-track EP lives up to the band's motto "Wild, fast and loud". Dylan Haywood's vocals spit venom and shred through lyrics that deal honestly with pain and despair in the face of life's realities over some precise and rapid fire guitars. For a young band, the rhythms and breakdowns are surprisingly tight with some impressive changes in pace such as the soaring guitar break in the title track. This is an impressive debut that is only missing a little light and shade to add variety. The wall of sound surges relentlessly all the way through pummeling tracks like "Buzz Kill" to the abrupt end on "Iron Hotel". On The Attack Records have in Starve a promising and talented group of musicians that stand up well against more experienced and mature genre leaders.

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