Starfucking Hipsters 'Never Rest In Peace'
By: Bear Frazer
Last updated October 2nd , 2009

"Never Rest In Peace" is the stellar second album and Alternative Tentacles debut by the smoking-hot punk supergroup featuring Sturg "Stza" Crack (Leftover Crack, Choking Victim), Frank Piegaro (The Degenerics), and Nico de Gallo (Casa de Chihuahua), as well as members of Hold Steady, Ensign, Big Attack!, Awkward Thought, and Aloke.

STAR FUCKING HIPSTERS returns this time for a much fiercer round of sonic glory, combining insanely catchy melodic punk and metal, with the token ska tune. The band has clearly grown since their first album, 2008's Fat Wreck Chords release "Until We're Dead." A year's worth of star fucking live shows, writing, and off-the-map creativity from central STAR FUCKING HIPSTER, Sturg, pays off with rock-solid songwriting and a sharper edge. Songs with an aggressive political slant take on topics like Native American issues ("Banned From the Land"), and a woman's right to choose ("Church & Rape"). "Never Rest In Peace" is Sturg's most heartfelt and emotional album to date.

Recorded almost entirely in the band members' bedrooms at the world famous C-Squat on Manhattan's Lower East Side, the thirteen songs on "Never Rest In Peace" leap out of the stereo and club your not-so-friendly neighborhood cop with blunt songs of rebellion and revolution. Recorded by up and coming production wizard Ryan D. Jones and mastered by Howie Weinberg (Beastie Boys, Metallica, Ramones, Rancid, Nirvana, Slayer), this is the best sounding record Stza's done since Choking Victim's classic "No Gods/No Managers."

The record includes cameos from Dick Lucas (Subhumans U.K., Citizen Fish, Culture Shock), Jasper Pattison (Citizen Fish, Culture Shock), and Bryan Kienlen (Bouncing Souls). It includes art by famed DIY artists Fly ("PEOPs," Dog Dayz) and Paul Barron. SFH have toured the U.S. and U.K., and are planning a West Coast Tour this November with Citizen Fish (dubbed "Cracktoberfest") including a performance at the Alternative Tentacles 30th Anniversary Festival.

Never Rest In Peace Tracklist
1. Vol. II
2. 3000 Miles Away
3. Look Who's Talking Now!
4. Design
5. Church & Rape
6. The Civilization Show
7. Allergic II Peoples
8. Dreams Are Dead
9. Heaven
10. Banned From The Land
11. Severance Pay
12. S.F.H. Theme
13. Never Rest In Peace

Star Fucking Hipsters Live!
Oct 25 2009 Club Europa (RECORD RELEASE SHOW!!) Brooklyn, New York

w/ Citizen Fish and Molotov Compromise
Oct 30 2009 Procession of the Species Studio Olympia, Washington * no Citizen Fish
Oct 31 2009 Cracktoberfest! @ Satyricon Portland, Oregon
Nov 1 2009 Chop Suey Seattle
Nov 2 2009 WOW Hall Eugene, Oregon
Nov 3 2009 Ruggles Warehouse Sacramento, California
Nov 4 2009 Vixens Sparks, Nevada
Nov 5 2009 A.T.s 30th @ Great American Music Hall San Francisco, California
Nov 6 2009 924 Gilman St. N. Berkeley, California
Nov 7 2009 Echoplex (matinee) L.A., California
Nov 8 2009 Glasshouse Pamona, California

[Tags] Punk, Rock

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