MiG-21

Hot to Trotsky KRK129 CDR 7trks 41min

MiG-21 ceased operations in July 2003 with the departure of guitarist Ed Wilson overseas. Hot To Trotsky is, therefore, a posthumous album which presents most of the new songs composed & performed in the 18 months following the August 2001 release of MF KRK118.

MF was recorded in little over a month, immediately after the band actually formed. Ed, Mikel & J-mz basically jammed along to rhythm loops already constructed by David. Perhaps it's not surprising that, in hindsight, MiG-21's initial release sounded somewhat rushed & stilted.

Hot To Trotsky was created in a far more leisurely fashion beginning in July 2002. Without exception, rhythm programmes were created in response to music already thrashed out during practice sessions. Consequently MiG-21's 2nd album exhibits a more spontaneous, garage-rock feel.

Musically it's also an advance - the product of a group with over a year of gigs & jam sessions under their belts. Mikel, J-mz & Ed all provide backing vocals on 2 songs apiece, thus facilitating David's aim to break up the rather one-dimensional, layered-vocal monotony of MF. Mikel stretches out by contributing extra guitar on a couple of tracks whilst Ed plays mini-keyboard on another.

Compared with its predecessor, Hot To Trotsky (J-mz can be blamed for the album title!) winds up the trash-pop quotient considerably. There aren't any earth-shakingly profound artistic messages here. Just slinky bass-lines, thrashy guitar parts, hysterical vocals & plenty of emphasis on the bottom end. A kRkRkRk party album to join the likes of TMA-1's 5 KRK101 or Wormwood's Inside Doubt KRK117.

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August 2004