The Ape Shits “La Pollution Culturelle” LP

Released in 2008, this album by Austin favorites The Ape Shits features 11 blistering tracks that you’ll want to play loud! Available in black vinyl, limited edition turquoise splattered vinyl, or CD.

“Four guys sitting around a dinner table about to chow down on a giant rat: political statement or inside joke? Debut La Pollution Culturelle tackles a little of both. Much like their name, local fourpiece the Ape-Shits are all over the walls, the floor, and mashed into your new carpet. Bombastic and anthemic describes their eat-the-rich 1980s punk sound, but the Shits are obviously flushed with fun. Accordingly, the album does doughnuts through 11 songs, and there's rarely a dull moment. Glass breaks, voices crack, guitars buzz-saw, and opener "I Come Alive" stumbles out of the gate convulsing. "(I See) White People" offers an Austin flipside to Minor Threat's "Guilty of Being White" and mid-album standout "I Want No One" grinds from its opening drum roll to bassist Dick Lesion's agoraphobic drawl. Closer "Dirty Hand Stomp" tilts in a bluesy direction for about 10 seconds before the ADD (and guitars) kicks in and that cover suddenly makes sense.”
(Austin Chronicle 2/8/08)