The Locust
Plague Soundscapes (2003)

Review by: Jason Thornberry
Date: 7/1/03

On Plague Soundscapes The Locust successfully mix Swedish, Greek, Arabic, pig-latin, and Chinese, which is to say they obtain elements of different styles and take tiny, blurred snapshots of each one crashing into itself. "Japanoisy Thrash-Punk Grindcore Carnival Disco" is the section this would be filed under, with the Minutemen, and John Zorn’s Naked City the only tiny comparisons.

Imagine a large car accident happening inside Disney Land just prior to a 747 landing on the Haunted House there. The security guards are frantic, so they all begin to pummel one another while speaking in tongues, as bloodied, half-burnt old men play keyboards and masturbate with their free hands. It all becomes a noxious, charred circle jerk, but out come songs like "The Half-Eaten Sausage Would Like to See You in His Office", as well as nearly two-dozen other gems your pastor would certainly love to hear. Twenty-one minutes later it’s over, and the only trouble with Plague Soundscapes was how difficult it was to stop listening to it.