Two angry blasts from the Ex, part of a series of which this is the first and we already did the last in the 12" blog. 'Slimy Toad' is an attack on (I think) F.W. deKlerk, accusing him of profiteering and pretending to care about Mandela, or something like that. As usual, G.W. Sok has a lot of words and this is pretty to the point, though the fact that I'm not actually sure what it's about probably says something about his ability to communicate his messages clearly. There's less herky-jerky drumming here, but a wall of noise guitar line that is pretty damaging. 'Jake's Cake' begins with what sounds like Terrie or Andy rubbing a slide frantically over the fretboard while the other brings in a somewhat off-kilter Devo-like riff. Lyrics, well, they're a bit more impressionistic though no less angry. Maybe I'm just too removed from 1991 politics now to remember who 'Jake' is supposed to be. It would be nice if I had the whole set of these....
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