Wicked City

(Gypsy/Velvel)
by Scott Hefflon

The sweet sounds of Youth Alienation. The soundtrack to an indie movie about running away, life on the streets of New York, temptation, danger, and friendship, Wicked City is a timeless story, but with timely music. Like most major comps/soundtracks, there’s no contact info here, but there are lots of swell pictures. There’re no soundbites from the movie (probably a good thing in this case) to lead the listener through its progress, and only two moods are represented by fast, hard punk and hardcore. Welcome to New York. Alright, Demonspeed is death lounge, and Metaskapheles is doomsday ska, but they work well when you think about it. Other bands roaring their little hearts out are Sweet Diesel (opening and closing the disc), H2O, Samsara (twice), Shades Apart, Orange 9mm, Killing Time, Choking Victim, Home 33, CIV, Pry, Moses, and Shift.

(740 Broadway 11th Fl. New York, NY 10003)