One 3 Four - 2/5

Label: Spinning Mule
Year: 1992

Dare I say, One 3 Four were the best noise rock band to ever emerge from Clemson, SC? If you disagree and have reason to argue, please submit any evidence to counter this claim. I would be legitimately interested to hear.
This specific 7" has two songs (titled "2" and "5") which were recorded with Dave Barbe in Athens, GA  along with three more songs (titled "1", "3", and "4"). The other three were supposed to come out on a companion 7", but never saw the light of day until a 1996 cd release called "Automaton Organism" (which I never heard). But these two songs will give you enough of a sense of tightly wound claustrophobia that you'll understand what that cd might have sounded like. Unless of course, you have that cd. Which, in that case, congratulations I guess.
One 3 Four should appeal to those who enjoy Squirrel Bait, Brainiac (early), Inkwell, Cows (the calmer moments), and maybe Crain, and a pinch of The VSS. It's essentially noise rock, but with the influence of the 1992 house show screamo hardcore around the edges. It's good. You'll like it.

DL