Hissanol is Andy Kerr (iving in Amsterdam) from NoMeansNo and Scott Henderson (living in Canada) from Shovlhed. They sent 4 and 8 track tapes back and forth.
Once past the insipid indie rock title track, this was a wild ride. Tight, fast and ranging from hardcore grrrs to emotional punkpop, this guitar-driven release borders on psychobilly.
19 tracks of sonic landscaping, too short to assume the dubious “ambient” label, yet so inwardly oriented and self-contained, “songs” doesn’t work either.
The lead vocals, by Christian Fall, can get as gravelly as Rancid’s, or as melodic and tough as British punk of the ’80s, kinda like The Clash sans accent.