Friday, April 3, 2020

B.H.R. - Breaking In! (Signal Sound Systems, 1993)


B.H.R.? Yeah, I don't know much about them. If you like old Guttermouth though, you'll like them. They actually have a split 7" with Guttermouth. I've never really been a big fan of "the Mouth" as they're called (maybe?), but in my never ending quest to acquire rare albums by bands who sound like other bands, I tracked this down a few years ago. I wanted to have a series of posts by bands who sound a lot alike, like Verbal Assault/One Step Ahead, Dag Nasty/Freewill and Strung Out/Redfish. But that would involve posting more than once a year probably.

So with B.H.R. you can expect a similar sound to Guttermouth and maybe the Vandals. Fast, snotty and catchy, but not as hard as say Pennywise or as poppy as Blink 182. Don't expect much lyrically from songs like "Psycho Grandma," "Toxic Surf" and "Frozen Food," but if you dig the rougher side of the SoCal sound, or the early days of Dr. Strange, Nitro or Kung Fu Records, then this might be up your alley. Plus they do passable covers of "Anything" by Dramarama and "Police On My Back" by The Clash.

B.H.R. - Breaking In! (R) (vbr 0)

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