Red Aunts - Bad Motherfucken 40 O-Z (CD)

All Music Guide

The sophomore release from the queens of scuzz-rock, the Red Aunts, is a dirty affair, and it has every right to be. The quartet stumbles their way through eleven sludgy songs, of which the last two are worth the short wait. Using the Black Flag and Circle Jerks song "Wasted" as a warmup, the Aunts blast through "Smoke," a 20-second song of punk-rock bliss. The album ends with "Monster Truck Muther Fucker," a breakneck-slow bobbin'-head song so guilty with simplicity that it appropriately borrows Johnny Cash's "hello" from the Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison album. Their punk rock ethic often results in slight material (like "Batman a Go-Go"), but this album reveals a group growing into a great, immature outfit.

- Brian Flota, All Music Guide