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Rotting Teeth in the Horse’s Mouth
(Ernest Jenning Record Co.)
★★★★
THE FOURTH album by SAVAK – the band named after the CIA-backed Iranian secret police during the Shah’s rule – is an energising hit of politically charged punk rock.
A supergroup of sorts, its members all come from other US indie bands – drummer Matt Schulz is from Holy Fuck and co-frontmen Michael Jaworski and Sohrab Habibion from The Cops and the Obits, respectively.
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