Lazertits : Aubergine Dreams
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Lazertits : Aubergine Dreams

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Lazertits’ debut EP, Aubergine Dreams, is laden with temptation. It’s not temptation of the titillating kind, but of the wanky academic type. Lead track Ladies is a statement of female empowerment in our patriarchal world, a defiant assertion of opposition to the male-dominated institutions that continue to construct the dominant discourse of power. Shonen Knife is the subversive sexuality of rock’n’roll through a Camille Paglia lens; Dirty Brown Couch is a brown vinyl Luce Irigaray musing on sexual politics; and Very Berry Milkshake is to vegan culinary opportunity as John and Yoko’s Give Peace a Chance was to the Paris peace talks of the 1970s.

But temptation aside, this is just honest to goodness punk rock, in a tradition as fresh as it’s ever been. Ladies is the best song the Go-Gos never wrote in their coke and booze stained Los Angeles lounge room; Shonen Knife is Bratmobile via Blue Oyster Cult and the Detroit Cobras; the grinding garage power of Dirty Brown Couch renders L7 a bunch of private school kids in comparison; and Very Berry Milkshake is a dairy free bubblegum garage track that’d send Kim Fowley into apoplectic excitement.

The songwriting is taut, the precision of the lyrics augmented with a wry humour so often left at the garage door by over-earnest indie musicians lost on a self-indulgent journey of emotional self-discovery. You can listen to Lazertits on any level, and you’ll always be satisfied.

BY PATRICK EMERY