The Thousands

Ever been so pissed off it makes your gut want to lurch or your body want to launch out the window? Evidently so has Extortion, if their albums are anything to go by. Following up their 2008 full-length release Sick (with the vomit-coloured vinyl alone making it worth the purchase), Loose Screws is another physical representation of where these WA malcontents’ heads are.

Featuring twelve devastating tracks including ‘The Pessimist’, ‘Cheated’ and ‘Degrade’, retching front man Rohan Harrison has mercifully included a caustic lyrics sheet so you can pump your fists and roar your little heart out into your hairbrush.

Each song is a short and sharp deathblow to the tight bass, guitar, drums and shredded vocal chords combination within an appropriately compact 10" vinyl format. Whether they’re a few screws loose or a couple o’ screws short, who knows what makes these Perth-born hardcore rulers so bloody agitated. Listen and find out.