Minima - S/T [Import] - New LP

Killer set of punk, hardcore punk rock n roll, hard-driving rock/fist-pumping street punk with the female vocal growling it out, the band ripping it out like a caged tiger jumping the gate to rip the ears from your skull. -- winch

with poster and insert

Funny how the simplest forms  of punk are often the most titillating & an absolute delight for your  ears.  Honest street punk , Two to three chord sewing machine hum with a really pissed off, cranky Latino Signorina . When it first thumped through my speakers I cracked up laughing, (always a good sign) I was instantly in love with these guys. Side two & I’m still laughing,… this is brilliant! And I knew she  really was upset, because she kept screaming “Bastardo “ in the chorus. Maria ran down the stairs & said   “Who are they?” she’s great! So here is James (& Maria’s) NEW Favourite. The  Bitter, Barcelona Bangers called MINIMA ! I’m just going to get the lyric sheet & google translate it to find out what it is that upsets her so much! Perfect. Spanish Hard Core classic! Beautiful stuff. -- James

The first album by Minima, a new band comprising of members of No, Una Bestia Incontrolable, Snor and Barcelona is full of the kind of choice punk you'd expect of such a pedigree: jabbing riffs thrumming out, buzzed up with an insistent pull, clipped clattering beats pinning it down, vocals delivered with a potent snarl, accusatory and savage. From fizzing pogo of 'Adolescente', to 'Cicatriz's threatening hum, the whole album strikes a sharp balance between the big-riffing hardcore of someone like Glue or Nekra, and the Catalan / Spanish primitive-punk lineage that runs from Qloaqa Letal to dirt-raw rippers Pinen. (Joe Briggs)