Die Outsiders – “Empty Hearts & Loaded Guns”
Die Outsiders – “Empty Hearts & Loaded Guns” - This album is a willful violation of many of the rules which are already ironically straight jacketing the punk scene. Completely devoid of political confrontations or social uplift, Die Outsiders seem to embrace the hand that they’ve been dealt that might have made many people eat bullets and generally come across like a horror-movie nightmare. The Die Outsiders want to entertain and do their own thing and that is exactly what they do brilliantly. Nearly every song on this EP delivers a light speed distorted rock-n-roll eruption. Their singer has a gift for shadowy, strong and distorted singing, making these love starved lyrics all the more enjoyable. All the songs contain flippantly ridiculous references in which the chanting voices of the band grumble about their constant diet of misadventure and ask for catastrophe instead. Each song starts on the edge and turns into an explosion of rhythm and distortion that is bound to kill anything within 50 feet of your speakers. The standout songs on this EP are “Dead City” & “Attitude” (Misfits Cover). 4/5
