PUBLIC OPINION - Painted On Smile LP Crust

PUBLIC OPINION - Painted On Smile LP CrustCONVR86 is Painted on Smile, the debut LP from Denver's Public Opinion. One part ultra catchy punk, one part exorcism, its an album that reckons with self loathing and self doubt so thoroughly that by the end of it, maybe things dont seem as cursed after all. Painted On Smile somehow draws together the melodicism of early aughts rock, the intensity of hardcore, and the spiky swagger of primordial punk into a surprisingly cohesive blend. Lyrically, the

Birger Olsen

In the past

composer Dominik Scherrer recalls:

head-first repetition and ecstatic frenzy

and after a few years of near-obsessive woodshedding

you have found your Oasis

The results range from instrumental tracks awaking memories of 1970s crime thriller soundtracks to more Sudanese-rooted tracks

Gregory Uhlmann (guitar)

With a wall of sounds that is inescapable

They all added their magic touch to the songs and really brought the music to a new and special place

Side A’s three tracks have a compellingly unsettling and claustrophobic feel

Predominantly an instrumental album as the title suggests