FIGO (Photo: Live4ever Media)
New Yorkers FIGO have made a newly re-mastered edition of their excellent debut 7-track mini album / EP ‘Put It All On Black‘ available as a free download ahead of their upcoming CMJ appearances this month.
Live4ever was given a sneak peak of the electro-charged EP last year when the band performed as part our of 2011 Official CMJ Showcase shortly before its initial release, which subsequently delivered on all that early promise.
“Perhaps the most stripped down, back to basics (although still injected with a gloriously infectious and grimy bass line) punk-rock offering on the album is ‘We Will Kill You’, a song with a demeanour every bit as menacing as the title would suggest,” our review said. “On the other side of the coin, ‘Gunshot’ is a cut and dry pounding slice of the dirtiest underground, floor thumping electro that incorporates the sound of the title for added vitriol.
The record ends on much the same note as it kicks off with a Ramones-esque burst of raucousness in the fittingly dubbed ‘I’m Gone’; two minutes of carnage that goes some way to typifying the album as a unit. Weighing in at only seven songs and under half an hour, FIGO can rest assured that in this instance quality, not to mention originality, significantly outweighs quantity in every sense of the phrase. Five years in the making and worth every second of the wait.”
The full review is available right here, and make sure you catch the freshly remastered free download over on Bandcamp.