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		Nomar Slevik Welcome To Fuckland

In this day and age of digital bootlegging and downloads of anything available for free on the internet, the best way to pull in sales is with a must-have package. Nomar Slevik and Dis.eased Wrekkids pull that off in spades with Slevik’s new EP. Welcome To Fuckland is a five-song 7” stickered, stamped, signed and numbered before sliding into a sturdy black record sleeve screen-printed with a simple skull image on the cover, lyrics on the inside and credits on the back. Inside it’s multi-layered with a pocket for a bonus CD version of the EP (with it’s own quaint artwork) for vinyl collectors hip to the new millenium. The whole thing looks fuckin’ fantastic. Musically, it may not be Slevik’s best work (I can think of a few of his songs I’d rather have on vinyl) but it’s a solid album of conceptual music showcasing his anger at society in gruff-voiced raps and sing-song harmonizing. The song length and attitude are punk-influenced – the lyrical presentation of “8Bit” reminds me of Winnipeg hardcore rockers Kittens – but Welcome To Fuckland is heavily hip hop with songs that range from the mellow harmonizing of “Tolerating” to the harder, electro-influenced “Ropeladder” and the anthemic “The Strength.” The CD contains two additional listed tracks – “How Much Time” would have been a nice vinyl substitute to similar-sounding “Tolerating,” and “Prizefighter” is the most experimental on the project with a near-overload of atmospheric samples – as well as three hidden tracks, the last finally finishing the album off with some much deserved metal samples. Welcome To Fuckland is exactly the type of release more independent labels should be dropping to continue to entice physical sales. The record looks really nice on the wall while the CD sounds good on the stereo. [Thomas Quinlan] Dis.eased Wrekkids

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