Social Task – Demo

Social Task follows their 7" with an eighteen song demo CD. This band that formed in the late 1970's from the Huntington Beach punk scene, reunited about three years ago and have since been creating a new legacy for themselves as one of the most active bands in Orange County. Most of these songs are from the band's original catalog, and although this may be the only release of 2009 with lyrics referencing "President Jimmy" [Carter], somehow the music still sounds fresh.

At times the band's music takes influence from early Oi, particularly in the Upstarts style sing alongs featured in "Hangin' Around" and the mid tempo approach in "Dangerous." At other points the sound is almost proto hardcore with faster songs like "Full Circle" and "Can't Stop." For the most part the guitar and vocals are melodic, but "Bomb Iran" is more heavy and angry. Also featured are worthy covers of the Eyes ("Disneyland"), Generation X ("Day By Day," "100 Punks"), and a dubbed out reworking of PiL's "Not A Love Song," which Social Task calls "Anti Love Song." This is certainly another great release from Task and anticipation is running high for their full length coming out on Dr. Strange.

Band website: socialtask.com

 

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