SEKA: Love Shim LP [crossover, Thrash Metal] !

Description

Year: 1993
Genre: Thrash Metal
Country: USA

Check the SEKA Love Shim LP:

Tracklist:
1.Bloodbox 03:37
2.Angel 03:38
3.White M.F. 03:22
4.Campaign 02:47
5.Cutlet 02:52
6.People Suck 02:17
7.P.M.S. 02:24
8.Date With Seka 02:18
9.Black Kiss 03:48
10.Caesaren 07:11

Total playing time: 34:14

Thrash/crossover similar to Rumble Militia, not very fast, with some modern updated sonic infusions thrown in.

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Seka is a long lost thrash band out of Massachusetts that made some local noise until the mid-nineties and then broke up. Before they did that they were sued by the ex-porn queen for copywrite abuse. Still, people will still remember her even if the band is forgotten, although it shouldn’t be. Especially by old school thrash fans.

The album contains ten short and speedy cuts that rampage all over the place in the way that young bands will do. Stu Shoaps has a great, slightly rough, and raw, voice that never goes into the unlistenable, and he sounds very similar to Brad Divens of Wrathchild America (and who went on to sing for Kix). My favorites, for what it is worth are ‘Black Kiss’, ‘Angel’, ‘Campaign’, ‘Blood Box’, ‘Caesarean’, and the guilty pleasure ‘Date With Seka’. The song lyrics have an over reliance on the eff bomb, but they also range from social commentary (‘Campaign’ & ‘White M. F.’) to the out-and-out sleazy (‘Date With Seka’). ‘Angel’ is listed someplace as a cover of a Jimi Hendrix tune, but, man I can’t hear it.

Musically, they sound somewhat like other early- to mid-nineties thrashers like Wrathchild America (especially in the songs ‘Blood Box’ and ‘Campaign’) or Meliah Rage. Their music is fast, speedy, raw, with strong choruses, and a few technical flourishes here and there to keep it interesting. There is a variance in their lyrics, although most don’t seem too deep, although a lyric sheet would have been nice. This album stinks of youthful enthusiasm and fun, and I wonder what happened to most of the members of the band. A good album for all collectors of obscure eighties and nineties thrash metal.

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“You can run, you can hide/That’s no basket of killer fun”
Seka is a long lost thrash band out of Massachusetts that made some local noise until the mid-nineties and then broke up. Before they did that they were sued by the ex-porn queen for copywrite abuse. I don’t get it, it would seem like free publicity, but, well she earned the right to her name, but still don’t get into a huff over it. Still, people will still remember her even if the band is forgotten, although it shouldn’t be. Especially by old school thrash fans.

The album contains ten short and speedy cuts that rampage all over the place in the undisciplined and sometimes sloppy way that young bands will do. Stu Shoaps has a great, slightly rough, and raw, voice that never goes into the unlistenable, and he sounds very similar to Brad Divens of Wrathchild America (and who went on to sing for Kix). My favorites, for what it is worth are ‘Black Kiss’, ‘Angel’, ‘Campaign’, ‘Blood Box’, ‘Caesarean’, and the guilty pleasure ‘Date With Seka’. The song lyrics could use some more work, have an over reliance on the eff bomb, but they also range from social commentary (‘Campaign’ & ‘White M. F.’) to the out-and-out sleazy (‘Date With Seka’). ‘Angel’ is listed someplace as a cover of a Jimi Hendrix tune, but, man I can’t hear it.

After being sued by the real Seka, the band changed its name to Strip Mind, changed record labels, slowed down their style, changed drummers, released an album, an EP, and a single, and then went bust.

Musically, they sound somewhat like other early- to mid-nineties thrashers like Wrathchild America (especially in the songs ‘Blood Box’ and ‘Campaign’) or Meliah Rage (whose drummer Sully Ema would also drum for Strip Mind before going on to Godsmack), or even Redrum. Their music is fast, speedy, raw, a bit repetitive, with strong choruses, and a few technical flourishes here and there to keep it interesting. There is a variance in their lyrics, although most don’t seem too deep, although a lyric sheet would have been nice. This whole seventeen year-old album stinks of youthful enthusiasm and fun, and I wonder what happened to most of the members of the band.

The songs on this 32.15 vinyl are:

1.) ‘Blood Box’ (3:37)
2.) ‘Angel’ (3:38)
3.) ‘White M. F.’ (3.22)
4.) ‘Campaign’ (2.47)
5.) ‘Cutlet’ (2.52)
6.) ‘People Suck’ (2:17)
7.) ‘P. M. S.’ (2:24)
8.) ‘Date With Seka'(2:18)
9.) ‘Black Kiss’ (3:40)
10.) ‘Caesarean’ (7:12)

While non-essential for many metal heads, this is a good album for all collectors of obscure eighties and nineties thrash metal.