Before the Iceage cometh, step into some Deep Shit
This album cover...it's...just fantastic.
Welcome to Go For the Opener, in which we at The A.V. Club plead that if you’re getting ready to see a big concert, be sure to get there early and pay attention to the opening acts.
The big show: Iceage at The Project Lodge, August 5
The opener: Deep Shit
Why you should listen: Danish punks Iceage may be surfing into Madison on waves of hyperbolic slobber (and the momentum of an admittedly solid record in New Brigade). But on Friday at The Project Lodge, said slobber will crash hard into a wall of shit—Deep Shit—when the local grinders kick off with a set of brain-rattling power-violence. On this year’s Creepin’ While You Sleepin’ EP, these scummy Madisonian basement dwellers refuse any hint of art-rock influence in favor of grody Muppet-growls, gut-shaking bass, screeching guitar, and heart-attack rhythms; a choice that should help counter-balance Iceage’s jangling grit quite nicely. Of course, the artwork for Creepin’ While You Sleepin’ is story unto itself; a dizzying kaleidoscope of thug with a pistol, pot leaves, ’copter crashes, and cats with sunglasses and machine guns. A blatant homage to the terrifically incompetent photo editing found on pretty much any No Limit Records release in the peak of the ’90s. The A.V. Club encourages you to come get filthy with Deep Shit before Iceage cleans up.
