Shut Up Your Face
(Out On A Limb/CD)
Jim Carroll

Few live experiences come close to matching Ten Past Seven in full flight, so the fact that these three wild-eyed Kerrymen have knocked out an album which replicates their ragged riffing and strutting so perfectly is something to be cheered. Operating in that dangerous no-man's-land where hardcore attitudes and post-rock action usually come together to produce po-faced anonymity, Ten Past Seven succeed in kicking out more exhilarating jams than the vast majority of their peers. There are riffs and thrusts to treasure as you rumble through the furious crash, bang and wallop that punctuates Comedy Night and Back in Business. Add in No Bother, a track that is more dramatic, telling and engaging than an entire series of Pure Mule, and the shrill lunacy of Egg Language and you have the first noteworthy Irish release of the year.