Got this little piece of magic from Matt a few years back and was extremely pleased to pull it out earlier this week for a late evening rip ‘n blast. As I confessed a few years back, I’m far from a Greek punk aficionado, so I file this shit in the extremely pleasant “listen and enjoy” category….although this shit piques my interest at a dangerous level. GULAG hit the same verve that DAVOVA PSYCHOZA did when I first heard them in the back room at MRR decades ago – it’s addictive and melodic punk and it sounds like it’s not just coming from the other side of this world…more like another world entirely. Simultaneously gorgeous and intense, these tracks are culled from the Big Talk EP, In The Showyard LP and the debut ??????? ???????? 0°C 12″ from 1987 and literally every song feels essential. So enjoy ???????? like I did…and because Matt is a real one, there are a few SAD LOVERS AND GIANTS tacked onto the end of the mix.
