PPM49 TOTAL ABUSE "PRISON SWEAT" LP. 1ST PRESSING OF 500. 400 BLACK
VINYL. 100 WHITE VINYL. 2 11X17 POSTER INSERTS. FULL COLOR PRINTED
MATTE COVERS..
Total Abuse are from Austin, Texas. Since their fi rst show in November 2006 TA have
been recording and playing a heavy onslaught of feedback drenched hardcore soundscapes,
taking hints from the Dead C, Black Flag (Chavo and Rollins era), Void and
Harry Pussy. Total Abuse's Roster includes; Rusty Kelley on vocals (who also makes
harsh noise under the name Breathing Problem), Matt Lyons on drums, Ryan Foster
on guitar, Dustin Pilkington on bass and as of August 2008 they added former Snobs
guitarist, Duncan Knappen as second guitar. Members now live in New York, Oakland
and Austin and get together as much as possible to record and destroy ears live.
On their third LP "Prison Sweat" Total Abuse blast and sometimes almost sludge
through 7 tracks of great hardcore punk (with two tracks reaching over the 7 minute
mark). Opening with an opus of blistering, seething, crunching noise then bursting
into tracks that are as catchy and nauseous as their infl uences, This is Total Abuse at
their best and most ferociously open. TA posses an honesty and anger missing from
a lot of their contemporaries allowing them to dwell deep in your brain for a long while
after you listen. First pressing is a limited run of 500.