The St. Pierre Snake Invasion – ‘A Hundred Years A Day’ – (Un)Saintly Noise.
The St. Pierre Snake Invasion – Bristol, England, United Kingdom.
For those that were wondering – ‘The band took their name from an historical event from 1902, when the eruption of a volcano on the island of St Pierre, Martinique, sent an army of 6 ft. long snakes to the mulatto quarter of St Pierre in a mad dash to avoid the flowing lava. They killed over 50 people before the town’s street cats fought them off. A Tsunami soon followed, killing all in its path, leaving only two survivors.’
A gig was played, hearing was damaged and a card was given. Emails were exchanged, a press kit was sent and a review was written. Or something like that…
The St. Pierre Snake Invasion were formed in Bristol in 2010. The band currently have two EP’s available to the masses and now, a brand new finished full-length. A DEBUT full length that is due to drop on October 31st, on All Hallow’s Eve. Why? because they are fucking edgy like that. I’m joking lads – put the Axe down.
If you’re unfamiliar with the band then fuck you. Sorry, I didn’t mean that, I’ve been up since three-thirty in the morning. Moving on, If you crossed Refused, with their own British cover band, threw in some gritty Garage Punk, rumbling bass-lines, British humour and quick wit, furious Hardcore Punk and old-school Post-Hardcore, rolled it all up in a tasty Punk-Rock pastry and cooked it for a few hours, you get this lot.
A Hundred Years A Day
‘Thanks But The Answer’s No’, as you may expect by now, whether you know the band or not, wastes no time in prepping the ear drums for maximum hearing loss, in a good way – honest!
The following track hits with more old-school Hardcore styled sounds before track Three, ‘When I see A Sycophant Fly’, makes itself known with it’s slow rumbling Post-Hardcore.
‘Don’t, forget about me when you’re famous, when you’re famous and you make your way through the streets paved with gold, will you take us, will you save us?’
Witty and intelligent lyrics have a dig at bad Humans, while rumbling bass-lines supplemented by shrill screams and heavy break-downs finish it off. What more could you want? This perhaps:
‘There’s a place you go if you can’t write songs, you can take along your demo’s and they’ll tell you why it’s wrong…’
‘Sex Dungeons & Dragons’ is another slower one and works well as a mid-album refrain. Despite it’s own intermittent (to begin with) ear drum splitting screamed vocals, which once more put their foot down to end things. Big nods to Dennis Lyxzen of Refused in this one.
‘Like A Rag To A Redbull’. You know what’s fun? forty-one seconds of breakneck Refused-esque Hardcore Punk. You know what else is fun? The next track. Why? Because The St. Pierre Snake Invasion do that-there Punk-Rock thing quite well in ‘Jesus, Mary and Joseph Talbot’.
‘The Great Procrastinator’ has a nice driven Garage Rock feel to it and is also clearly about me… Anyway, the talent for witty lyrics and groove laden bass and guitar-work are strong with this one.
‘I sat and watched my will diminish, my aspiration is out at sea, my bones have turned to rust as gathered dust, my eyes are open but I’m asleep. I’m just just waiting, I’m just hibernating – I’m just the great procrastinator.’
Don’t get the me wrong, the harder and faster Hardcore and Post-Hardcore TSPSI broadside is solid, but the slower tracks on this release somewhat steal the show. ‘Refauxlution’ hits that whole Garage-Hardcore vibe that fans of the band know all to well by now. Trainer tip: If you don’t, get to know it.
The slowest, most sombre and most dark of the album comes in the form of the title track. Lyrically, it’s one the best on the release as it sends the mind wandering. For me, the song is a dismal reflection on modern life and the dreams that wash away entirely or become painfully distorted and broken, far from their original pretty picture.
I won’t say too much about the finale, as it’s title says a great deal. – ‘If The Only Way Is Essex You Can Kill Me Now’ closes the album nicely and makes a good point too, kill me now, really, that Televisual refuse and people contained within it need to locked away, for a long, long time. The fake tan should wear off by then.
This album will be released on 31st October on both physical and digital format. For now though, if you wanted to preorder it, then visit their BigCartel page and keep track of the band via the links below.
- Facebook, Twitter and their Official Website have all your informational needs.
- Their Youtube Channel has all your visual needs.
- Listen to the bands previous EPs on their SoundCloud and find them for cheap via their bandcamp.
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