Erik Nervous & Citric Dummies – BetaBar – martedì 13 agosto

BETBAR 2024

Martedì 13 Agosto

h. 22.00 - IMGRESSO LIBERO

Una collaborazione SAMBA presents & Uratiger Production per WildWax Show e Budget Living:

ERIK NERVOUS (USA) & CITRIC DUMMIES (USA)

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Citric Dummies:

Bursting out of a burning trash heap like some mutated, blitzed skeleton in a leatherjacket, Citric Dummies thrash their listeners with a heavy dose of pulverizing punk madness on their latest LP Zen and The Arcade of Beating Your Ass. The Minneapolis based trio have previously released a handful of endlessly infectious records on US and Euro labels like Erste Theke Tonträger, Fashionable Idiots, and Another Label - luring in unsuspecting punks with their aberrant, tuneful noise. Citric Dummies rip turbocharged, catchy songs riddled with big hooks that are inhaled like paint fumes by fans of niche KBD gems and classics like The Ramones and The Misfits. The band has signed with Feel It Records to release their most dialed and corrosive record to date- a pièce de résistance for LSD enthusiasts and jabronis alike.

Produced by Erik Nervous (known for his own project as well as production work with The Spits and Liquids), Zen and The Arcade of Beating Your Ass Is a masterclass in unpretentious and unrelenting party punk. The songs conjure chaotic and hilarious glimpses into the everyday life of a hesher self-deprecating, taking copious amounts of illicit substances, and kicking the teeth out of the phonies that step in their way. The arrangements, riffs and lyrics are meticulous yet effortless, like they've practiced so much the music flows through them, spike in vein. -Sims Hardin

Here are some reviews/write ups:

“This is fucking great - punchy, soaked punk with ample amounts of snot, piss, and vinegar.

It's got that same tough and sassy feeling found on STITCHES or SPITS records - like they could kick your ass but they probably would rather just do drugs with you and dance the night away. Absolutely lovely.“ - Razorblades and Aspirin

“Killer LP from Minneapolis punks CITRIC DUMMIES, who sound like an amphetamine-fueled MISFITS. I mean it, the singer is pretty much doing a DANZIG impersonation here. Don't ask me how, but it works. Throughout fourteen tracks, CITRIC DUMMIES stick to their successful formula of straightforward, rabid punk with an occasional pop of color, like the saxophone on "Drugs in the Snow" and the keyboards on "My True Love is Depression" and "Doing Dope at Chucky Cheese." Overall I recommend it, especially if you need something to play at your next kegger.” - Eric Anderson, Maximum Rocknroll

“The only thing better than a parody album title is two parodies in the same album title! In case there are any non-punks reading this, I can clarify that this Minneapolis trio are referencing Hüsker Dü and Nine Shocks Terror with their newest

here, and they make it plenty funny in the process. While I'm sure they appreciate both groups, neither seems to hold a strong sonic presence in these songs, which are melodic speed-punk of a particularly fine caliber. Citric Dummies execute their poppy garage riffs with the menace of hardcore, in a way that recalls the first Dwarves records, a real sweet spot if you can get it. Unrelenting even by punk standards!

And while all three members are credited with vocals, one of these guys belts out pitch-perfect, irony-free, Danzig-circa-'81 melodic lines with ease - please, go check "On Display" and tell me it's not the perfect melding of Walk Among Us and Homostupids. I'm smitten with those Misfits-y moments, but I'm just as excited by the tracks that sound more like The Dead Boys, The Briefs and The Reatards (in various sped-up and/or cleaned-up forms). The 'Dummies could sing total BS and I'd probably still hitch a ride, but they go for the kill with their lyrics too - I'll let you imagine how the words to songs with the titles "Being Male Is Embarrassing", "I'm Gonna Kill Myself (At The Co-op)" and "My True Love Is Depression" go.

Or you could do the smart thing and include Zen And The Arcade in your weekly Feel It order.” - Yellow Green Red

“A pitch-perfect distillation of hard rock punk and hardcore. For the most part they keep things in mid-gear, but go at it with an aggressive delivery that adds much intensity, and they keep ye on your toes with herky-jerky stop/go rhythmic changes that would make old San Francisco band Code Of Honor envious. Great pisstake of Hüsker Dü's Zen Arcade cover art, too.” - Jimmy Alvarado, Razorcake