Press ArchiveKERRANG!Yet another frighteningly bizarre record from the sickos at Man's Ruin. "Violent Passion Surrogate" might sound like 10 heavyweight thugs kicking their instruments down the stairs, but is actually the product of just two individuals named Mark and Jenny from Cincinnati. Quite how the two of them managed to create such a venomous racket isn't clear, but you know they aren't messing around. Feedback-drenched opener 'Blastoff' sounds like the Butthole Surfers attempting to breed with brooding sludgemeisters the Melvins, but best of all is 'The Sun Will Burn You If You Try To Eat It' - a track so chaotically random in its approach that it's unclear whether it can actually be classified as music. One part genius, nine parts insanity. KKKK Reviewed by James Sherry |