Richmond, VA's FOOD plays loud, heavy, and sludgy rock with misanthropic themes, appealing to fans of the punk/crust/doom/pre-grunge that first came from the Pacific Northwest and the hardcore that followed. They remind me a lot also of early AmRep and (a very down-tuned version of) Richmond crust as they rip through five tracks (40 minutes) of grimy, feedback-laden rock. Rarely do these guys ease off of a driving tempo, punishing the listener not with painful sluggishness, but with relentless waves of bottom-heavy riffing. The opening track, "The Captain," is a perfect example, as it builds from a slower, sludgy opening before double-timing the riff and launching into a frantic period of pummeling drums and coarse yells. The rest of the record is chock-full of many more simple-yet-effective riffs and periods of gritty bliss, but it's the closer, "Oxbow," that seals the deal. The in-the-red production demands to be played loud, so crank this shit.
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