Six Finger Satellite - Severe Exposure

Although I am a fan of just about everything that Six Finger Satellite released during their run, it’s Severe Exposure that greatly stands out to me among the bands discography. All of their later records were pretty amazing as well, but Severe Exposure just has it all. The bands post-punk influenced brand of mega abrasive noise-rock was truly an interesting one. Their sound, not only on Severe Exposure, but throughout was something of a gigantic clusterfuck of synth, feedback, and at times disco beats. Although I never witnessed them live, they were apparently something to behold.

Severe Exposure for me when I listen to it is probably a slightly unhealthy thing to do. I say this because I already have enough anxiety issues, and listening to Six Finger Satellite really doesn’t help matters much. Regardless, it’s much like an addiction that I can’t kick, no matter the consequences. Severe Exposure is littered with frenetic and fractured guitar riffs that ultimately are buried underneath a mass of white noise. While there are many many things to love about this album, one thing that I greatly appreciate is the disturbingly upbeat nature in which the music presents itself while also being able to picture it as a soundtrack to the criminally insane. It’s absolutely wonderful. Stating that probably doesn’t reflect all to well on me when I say that this often gets repeated listens. However, I assure everyone out there that I am sane, or at least enough. But anyway, Severe Exposure is one gigantic slab of trashy noise-rock, and I mean that in the best possible way. You would be hard pressed to create a better bad sounding album.

Six Finger Satellite – Bad Comrade [MP3]
Six Finger Satellite – Simian Fever [MP3]
Six Finger Satellite – Cock Fight [MP3]

Unfortunately it looks as if the album is out of print these days. However, it can be had used at a fairly decent price if you look around on places like Amazon and such. Regardless, pick it up if you enjoy it, it’s an amazing album.