Akimbo - Live To Crush

With this album, Akimbo bow out gracefully and retire. In the

hands of a lesser band, this could of produced some outtakes

and filler but instead Akimbo have left us with one of the

albums of the year.

Carrying on with their brand of noise and hardcore with juddering
walls of feedback puts this album into the "not-to-be-fucked-with"
genre. 

Bass and guitar throw out riffs that cause sonic carnage while the vocals
are spat out with a caustic rage that hold anger as well as disgust. Traces
of sludge are threaded throughout with great effect to produce a collection
of songs that demand to be played at full volume.

Akimbo have left us with a rich legacy that can be celebrated with this album.

Highly recommended.

Band blurb: 

AKIMBO WAS A SEATTLE ROCK BAND. WE PLAYED REAL HARD, 

REAL LOUD, AND CRUSHED SHIT ALL OVER THE WORLD. THE 

MEMBERS CONTINUE TO PLAY KICK ASS SHIT IN OTHER BANDS 

AND STILL THINK INDIE ROCK SUCKS. WE HAD THE GIFT OF FIFTEEN 

BUSY YEARS FILLED WITH VALIANT WARRIORS WHO MADE OUR 

LIVES BETTER AND WILL ALWAYS HAVE OUR PRAISE. OUR GRANDCHILDREN 

WILL KNOW YOUR NAMES. WE WILL SPEAK OF YOUR DEEDS IN 

VALHALLA. YOUR FACES ARE ETCHED INTO OUR AXE HEADS. 

ALL THIS BAND EVER WANTED TO DO WAS PLAY BRUTAL MUSIC AS 

LOUD AS POSSIBLE. LIFE IS BETTER WHEN YOU KEEP IT SIMPLE. STAY 

PURE. GET HIGH, GET DARK, GET LOUD. RAGE HARD. HAVE A GOOD 

TIME ALL THE TIME. DRINK FAST. KISS THE SUN. LICK THE KNIFE. 

KICK OUT THE JAMS OR GET OFF THE 

MOTHERFUCKING STAGE. 

EAT BEER, SHIT RIFFS. 

LIVE TO CRUSH.

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