T. Raumschmiere - Blitzkrieg Pop

T. Raumschmiere plays the kind of music we'd all be listening to if the Germans had won the war. Aggrivated, quirky, punk-infused electronica with song titles like "All Systems Go!," "Der Grottenholm," "Rumpelkammer," and, oh yea, the title track "Blitzkrieg Pop." Frankly, the Third Reich would be all over this. Mixing slightly off-putting instrumentals with guest vocal appearances from Sandra Nasic (of the Guano Apes), Quasimodo Jones, and others, Blitzkreig Pop is an industrial take on punk. Highly filtered blips blurps, handclaps, and chants of disgruntled rage against something make up most tracks leading to something of a smeared effort. It's not that a particular song sticks out as worse than the others, it's just that most songs don't really stick out at all - too much of one idea. But it isn't all bad. There are the Volkswagons and Autobahns of the effort. The Ramones-infused, adrenline-drenched "Sick Like Me," the sleasy grind of a "Very Loud Lullaby," and "Blitzkrieg Pop," which sounds like an ex-patriot Andrew WK. It's promising... you just have to be careful not to get caught up in the hype of it all. [www.t.raumschmiere.com]