BURNING CIVILIANS – Demo 2006
Burning Civilians
Demo 2006 CD-R
(Imaginasi Records)
Burning Civilians is from Perak (I think they from Kinta or somewhere nearby) and I like the name a lot! Been seeing the moniker on some gig flyers recently, so I’m quite excited to get this demo at the Terengganu Raya gig.
There are nine songs here, all rendered with clear recording but they are all weakly-played with not much meat in it. I think the band has enthusiastic singers and band members but they lack a certain spark that would make it special.
I’m also quite disappointed at the quality of the songs. They are all largely uninspired re-threading of old-school-style fastcore, mostly starting out with mid-tempo intros (usually with a bassline or two) and then they would go for fast parts with screamy dual-vocals. Nothing new or nothing special about it, but I like the ol’ fastcore myself, so re-threadings would be fine with me as long as it’s good BUT this one needs a lot of work.
As the band said it on the last tune here, (We Love Fast Music), the band likes it speedy BUT there’s a problem with that if your band is not that tight yet. I think Burning Civilians is on a good trip but all the good fastcore bands I heard since the early 80s are mostly highly-inspired, if not very good musicians. At the very least they were good with keeping it snappy to the tempos and able to stop on a dime when they have to.
Burning Civilians attempts to be like one but I think they are a lot more rehearsals away from being “ok”; and I’m not even talking about the songs just yet. There’s also no lyrics-sheet for me to pore over and singalong too, so that’s another minus point.
Anyway, the band also has a song called “Butoh Kepada Otai” (a bit like, Fuck You! Oldtimer!); which could be a song dedicated to me (not that I’m 70-years old, mind you! hehe)! So what do I know? Get the CD-R and listen for yourself lah.
Imaginasi Records
c/o Mohd Khalil, No. 70, Hala Meru 8, Taman Meru 2B
30020 Ipoh, Perak, MALAYSIA
email the band
myspace.com/imaginasirecords
i would order it but my system shock cd never arrived-xumb,anything you’d like to add?
hai,aku beck dari burning civilians.maaf kalau muzik kami kurang tight dan tidak cukup bagus.
kami masih jauh lagi,dan banyak perkara kami harus belajar..
and one more think,lagu butoh pada otai mengenai perjalanan kami semasa dalam scene itu sendiri.and lagu itu banyak tentang bagaimana kami diperlekehkan oleh segelintir orang yang tengok kami hanya budak kecil yang tidak tahu ape-ape.
jika sesiapa yang terasa kami memohon maaf..
maaf atas ketiadaan lirik and such…
and lagi satu,kami dari teluk intan perak…
hey beck! no offense taken lah! just bergurau je tu!
pasal “otai” tak “otai” tu, that’s all boring “hierarchy” bullshit la. some of them are like dat, but hopefully not too many.
Susah gak untuk sesorang yang buat review menulis secara terus terang.
aku harap the band tak kecik hati. kalu ada, aku mintak maaf, tapi aku rasa kritikan-kritikan secara jujur adalah perkara yang amat penting. kalau tak semua review tak ada makna, macam kebanyakan zine sekarang yang langsung tidak mempunyai sifat kritikal.
satu lagi, perlu diingat, different people see things differently, and this is only my personal opinion, not everyone!
cheers!
hi im zahir from burning civilians….
anyway thanx for the demo review…
xpe kite xrase kecik ati pun,no big deal man…
chowww….
orait! that’s the spirit!
yelah kite sume ong dewase kene pandei terima kritikan…but i would like to take this ruang to officially say a big ‘FUCK YOU’ to system shock for ripping me off-i guess these motherfuckers think just becuz i’m a mat saleh who lives in ohio they can do shit like that-i suggest you guys boycott them and their shitty rap-rock ‘music’…akhirkata,fuck them,fuck their band,and fuck their weak-ass excuses….
shock system…hmm…maybe they’re busy. zam or xumb (the vocalist) is a very nice dude active with FNBKL.
that’s fine and good…but last time i talked to the motherfucker he said he was going to send it soon-this was almost a year ago…so all he succeeded in doing was making himself look bad…but then again,rip-offs are an old tradition-i could mention a few more names here but ii’m too much of a gentleman for that kind of finger-pointing…he’s the focal point-well,sink or swim motherrfucker…i’m gonna try to make it back in 2009 so we will definitely talk then..don’t know how much that boys gonna like it tho tell ya that right now…munkin die ingat ong putih takde roh barangkali…
BxC!! hehe.. nice to be friends with this guys, having been played on the same stage toghter back in 1st may 2008( jeritan hati pekerja 1st, 60stdio, ibai. tganu!!!) it was awesome, the crowd, stdio owner, niq disarm recs… n thanx to the police for rushing so that 2-3 band failed to perform!! thanx so much pak pulisi… cibai!!!
oh ya, utk meminta pndpt… cek out our project band time main ari tu d 60s—-