The Locust - "Plague Soundscapes" @ Score! Music Magazine

	The Locust - Plague Soundscapes
	Location	San Diego
	Initial Impression	With song titles like "Who Wants a Dose of the Clap?," "Priest with the Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Get Out of My Bed," "Anything Jesus Does, I Can Do Better," "Wet Dream War Machine," that are just plain wrong but oh so darkly humorous, this must be something else.
Notable Lyric	Indecipherable. Simply indecipherable...no kidding...I have no idea what singer/bassist Justin Pearson is screaming.
Factoid	Formed in 1995 by members of hardcore bands Struggle and Swing Kids, but since then the line-up has undergone quite a few changes. Their musical aim is to "change the way people look at music, or maybe just destroy it in general."
Serve With	Straight jackets, helmets, and rooms with padded walls.
Comments	The Locust miraculously perform twenty-three songs in a mind-bending 21:03. Not surprisingly, more often than not the songs don't surpass the one minute mark. The music on Plague Soundscapes is just maniacal, frantic, abrasive hardcore punk - simply put, complete and utter chaos. Pearson's urgent screams (did I mention they were indecipherable?) cut through the insanely fast, hard, experimental music. Extra texture is supplied by Joey Karam's cosmic-like, atonal keyboards. The Locust is sure to cause some mental breakdowns with this disc.
URL	www.thelocust.com
Reviewer	Janelle (5/03)