This is basically a solo LP from talented former
Challenger and
Milemarker main man Dave Laney (he plays 99-percent of the instruments), whose touring version of this band posted a wild 'n' kicking live video cover of
the Wipers' "Up Front" on its MySpace page.
Auxes' debut suffers a bit from Laney's decision to go it alone (the video is more dynamic), apart from vocal contributions from local North Carolina luminaries such as Heather McEntire, and Laney's limitations as a somewhat screamy, pitch-uncaring vocalist. But there's no quibble with
Sunshine's fierce, brawling-sprawling, and scrappy post-punk, with its gnarly and bracing post-
Superchunk/Man Sized Action/
Sunny Day Real Estate guitars and scatter-rhythmic heavy drumming asking no quarter. ~ Jack Rabid