Crust punks Star Fucking Hipsters are newly affiliated with Jello Biafra's Alternative Tentacles label after a short stint on Fat Wreck Chords. One imagines that transitioning from the best roster in modern melodic punk to an outlet for more ragged, consistently sociopolitical and less accessible acts would lead to a serious upping of the punx, but it's actually transformed the band for the smarter and better. Never Rest In Peace is a more diverse and lighthearted effort than last year's Until We're Dead, and consequently better. - Alternative Press
Despite a potentially deal-breaker name, Star Fucking Hipsters are one of the sickest acts to emerge from the Bay Area's Alternative Tentacles imprint in quite some time. Featuring members of Leftover Crack and Ensign, and guests from bands like Bouncing Souls, Citizen Fish and The Degenerics to name a few, the band's newest long-player Never Rest In Peace is as tricky as its contributors' respective histories. Long and short, SFH cranks out heavy as fuck pop-punk with a distinctive metal, and even crust-esque influence. “Severance Pay” is one of the album's most stand-out tracks. Fans of Pretty Girls Make Graves, Lifetime, Nausea and Strike Anywhere, take a long note. - ChronicYouth.com
“Never Rest In Peace” is the stellar second album and Alternative Tentacles debut by the smoking-hot punk supergroup featuring Sturg “Stza” Crack (Leftover Crack, Choking Victim), Frank Piegaro (The Degenerics), and Nico de Gallo (Casa de Chihuahua), as well as members of Hold Steady, Ensign, Big Attack!, Awkward Thought, and Aloke.
STAR FUCKING HIPSTERS returns this time for a much fiercer round of sonic glory, combining insanely catchy melodic punk and metal, with the token ska tune. The band has clearly grown since their first album, 2008's Fat Wreck Chords release "Until We're Dead.” A year's worth of star fucking live shows, writing, and off-the-map creativity from central STAR FUCKING HIPSTER, Sturg, pays off with rock-solid songwriting and a sharper edge. Songs with an aggressive political slant take on topics like Native American issues (“Banned From the Land”), and a woman's right to choose (“Church & Rape”). “Never Rest In Peace” is Sturg's most heartfelt and emotional album to date.
Recorded almost entirely in the band members' bedrooms at the world famous C-Squat on Manhattan's Lower East Side, the thirteen songs on "Never Rest In Peace" leap out of the stereo and club your not-so-friendly neighborhood cop with blunt songs of rebellion and revolution. Recorded by up and coming production wizard Ryan D. Jones and mastered by Howie Weinberg (Beastie Boys, Metallica, Ramones, Rancid, Nirvana, Slayer), this is the best sounding record Stza's done since Choking Victim's classic "No Gods/No Managers."
The record includes cameos from Dick Lucas (Subhumans U.K., Citizen Fish, Culture Shock), Jasper Pattison (Citizen Fish, Culture Shock), and Bryan Kienlen (Bouncing Souls). It includes art by famed DIY artists Fly (“PEOPs,” Dog Dayz) and Paul Barron. SFH have toured the U.S. and U.K., and are kicking off a West Coast Tour this week with Citizen Fish (dubbed "Cracktoberfest") including a performance at the Alternative Tentacles 30th Anniversary Festival.
SFH's quickly conspired follow-up, Never Rest In Peace, finds the band on Jello Biafra's Alternative Tentacles label and more incendiary than ever. Employing the melodic brutality of Crass plus the loud-soft-loud dynamics of the Pixies as its most teeth-gnashing, the band delivers songs like “3,000 Miles Away,” “Church & Rape,” and “Severance Pay” that will certainly keep the very hipsters they mock in their nomenclature cowering in some safe corner. - Pop Matters
Their new album, Never Rest In Peace, jumps from fast-paced dirty punk songs to skank-worthy tunes, to bouncy pop-punk, while still sticking to their strong political lyrics. It begins with a speedy intro of thrash beats and transitions into “3,000 Miles Away,” which is a catchy song against brutality. “Star Fucking Hipsters Theme” will easily become a sing-along anthem at live shows with its chanting vocals and militant drumming. - The Aquarian
Star Fucking Hipsters tackle a range of social and political issues on “Never Rest In Peace” and they do so head on. Opening track “3000 Miles Away” might sound sweet thanks to vocalist Nico de Gallo but she's actually sticking it to the government while the quick-moving reggae/ska call to arms of “The Civilization Show” jumps out as startlingly different than the rest of the tracks on the album. The “Dreams Are Dead” is a slow, noisy free-fall like Jane's Addiction's “Mountain Song” while the squealing metal guitar riffs of “S.F.H. Theme” help to build the intensity as they announce that “tortured death is the new disease. - PlugInMusic
Never Rest in Peace is an impressive effort that successfully combines abrasive punk with pop sensibilities while possessing the true rebellious spirit. - Exclaim!
Star Fucking Hipsters Live!
Dec 11 2009 TBA Hartford, CT
Dec 12 2009 Middle East Upstairs (Early Matinee!) Boston, MA
Dec 13 2009 Club Hell (now changed to ALL AGES!) Providence, RI
w/ Anti-Flag, Cancer Bats and Aiden
1.29.2010 Mad Hatter Club Covington, KY
1.30.2010 Beachland Ballroom Cleveland, OH
1.31.2010 Town Ballroom Buffalo, NY
2.1.2010 Northern Lights Clifton Park, NY
2.2.2010 paradise Rock Club Boston, MA
2.3.2010 Trocadero Theater Philadelphia, PA
2.4.2010 Highline Ballroom New York, NY
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