"Debut hard vinyl after a flexi and a handful of cassettes from this St.
Louis band. It seems like a lazy comparison because Lumpy put out the
record and they're from the same city, but if you like Lumpy & the
Dumpers I think it's safe to say you'll be on board with Black Panties
as well. In the similarities column this has, like Lumpy & the
Dumpers, a kind of rock n roll-informed songwriting that's performed
with a very DIY / raw punk sensibility (particularly in regards to the
vocals). In the differences column, Black Panties are a whole lot faster
than Lumpy, and on the last track they even have a
punk-at-hardcore-speed song that recalls stuff like the Dwarves, Brutal
Knights, or the Ladies, though of course filtered through the
deliberately skewed midwest slime punk sensibility. This is a really hot
style right now so I'm just kind of inclined to like all of this stuff
from St Louis and NW Indiana, but Black Panties recommend themselves by
staking out a unique sound and managing to play music that is incredibly
fast and intense but still catchy. Another quality Lumpy release, in
other words."
