Wow! We're happy to share these very nice words people [we don't personally know] have said about our 7" EP and band....from two top punk music connoisseurs, Razorcake fanzine out of Los Angeles and Maximum Rock N Roll out of San Francisco...much obliged! Peep:
By Daryl GussinSunday, May 29 2011 (7" of the month)
Razorcake fanzine
From the most blasting, blurring hardcore to the eeriest, most mechanical dirge from down under, Iron Lung Records has been steadily releasing records packed with intent and a daunting execution. Both aesthetically engaging and musically intriguing, their records really make you feel like they’re part of a larger message.
One of their newest releases is from Seattle’s Big Crux. The songs seem to bounce around with vibrant enthusiasm, taking cues from punk rock’s finest and most forward thinkers. If this debut EP is just the first taste, it’s pretty obvious that Big Crux are not in it to lose.
BIG CRUX:
Big Funk: 7”
Razorcake Fanzine
Give me half an hour and I wouldn’t be anywhere close to telling you how fantastic the Big Boys were. Big Crux hold the Big Boys in the same high esteem. Funk punk is such a double diamond-dangerous slippery slope into a world where people wear Cat in the Hat hats and wiggle glow sticks above their heads. Big Crux have got the chops and the heart to make me fondly remember the Big Boys, much like Giant Haystacks did for the Minutemen. Not a rip. Not a photocopy. An homage, a new take, and songs that stand on their own if you’ve never hear of the Big Boys. Tim Kerr did the fantastic cover art. –Todd Taylor
BIG CRUX - "Big Crux is a Big Funk" EP (August Maximum Rock n' Roll fanzine #339)
A total winner! The three tracks on this EP have MINUTEMEN and BIG BOYS influence seeping out here and there, but the inspiration derived from those bands only serves as a backdrop to an otherwise unique sound. Listening to this record conjures up an image of a few musicians who totally appreciate old R&B and rock'n'roll and original punk just jamming together for hours in a musty basement. The songs are minimalistic but clean, and the killer funk bass lines are prominent but not too funky or obnoxious slap bass shit. The lyrics, occasionally in Spanish but mostly in English, are meaningful but not obvious. The guitar licks are fantastic, and they work so well because of the solid drum fills and beats holding it all together. My hands are getting tired from flipping this thing over and over again. Top ten for sure. (Bob Goldie)
