V/A - “This Comp Kills Fascists Vol. 2” 2xLP

This second installment in Pig Destroyer / Agoraphobic Nosebleed mastermind Scott Hull’s series of samplers of underground grindcore, power-violence and hardcore manages to transcend label-cash-in compilation-album status (be it through quality, sheer luck, or Hull’s involvement) — it acts more accurately as a nineteen-band split. As such, it sidesteps the inherent irrelevance of most various-artists releases in this instant-access internet age.

Many of the bands presented here contribute exclusive material (including punk stalwarts Lack Of Interest, Crom and Despise You), and while some contributions are noticeably and naturally better than others, overall, This Comp Kills Fascists Vol. 2: Electric Boogaloo succeeds in highlighting some lesser-known contenders in the grind and punk scenes.

Lack Of Interest (Southern California)
Hummingbird Of Death (Boise, ID)
Owen Hart (Tacoma, WA)
Noisear (Albuquerque, NM)
Despise You (Inglewood, CA)
Extortion (Perth, Australia)
Strong Intention (Columbia, MD)
Apartment 213 (Cleveland, OH)
Drugs Of Faith (Washington, DC)
Septic Surge (Australia)
Marion Barry (Lynwood, CA)
Population Reduction (San Francisco, CA)
Voetsek (San Francisco, CA)
Superbad (Portland, OR)
Idiots Parade (Zvolen, Slovenia)
Social Infestation (Atlanta, GA)
Crom (Los Angeles, CA)
Triac (Baltimore, MD)
Three Faces Of Eve (“Fort Awesomer, US”)