HAAN - SING PRAISES LP

IMPORT LP http://aeafanzine.blogspot.com/ As Brooklyn, New York’s Haan classify themselves as sludge punk I initially thought of Discharge, Doom, Disfear and the like… early Sore Throat and Nausea. But in the bio accompanying their weblink to Sing Praises they mention Sonic Youth and Swans as having helped them construct their sound with The Stooges and Spaceman 3. So it’s a late-80s/early 90’s post-punk concept that is the basis of Haan’s style; even so some portions are more closely likened to 80s crust punk than you would conjecture. In other words you’re getting something more appealing than old MTV fare with twice the heaviness and distortion. These four tracks are the antithesis of everything that made alternative palatable. It’s fortunate in my ongoing quest for originality I am still finding it. My earliest impressions of Haan were how comparable the opening strains of The Cutting and Pasture/Abuela were to Tool, if their material glistened less and their caustic qualities we