Snap-Her

It Smells, It Burns, It Stings (New Red Archives)
by J. Lianna Ness

It certainly lives up to its title. This is the original Snap-Her, featuring Andrea Beltramo (ex-Creamers) who played in Nina Hagen’s back-up band for several shows in NY and LA. Their first full-length release contains 13 tracks of snotty, snarling ’77-style punk, with jagged guitar hooks and sandpaper vocals. They sound like a cross between the Exploited and Murphy’s Law, which is not surprising considering they do a song called “Jimmy Gestapo” that’s almost… cute. But don’t let that fool you. This trenchant trio of trashy-looking chicks are not the kind of girls you’d bring home to meet the folks. They’d probably kick you in the nuts for even suggesting it.