While we're waiting for the fully-fledged full-length debut (which we're especially eagerly anticipating if the advance 'rough mix' of "Bunker Buster" is any indication of what's in store), this vinyl-only reissue of Viet Cong's 2013 cassette-only EP is a fine introduction to the band's paisley-stained post-punk, while inevitably also serving to sate those who still wonder what a third Women record might have sounded like.
"Viet Cong is a new project made up of four distinct voices. Matt Flegel and Scott Munro (respective former members of beloved Calgary band Women, and Chad VanGaalen's band) spent much of 2013 in their basement studio with a mess of old and run-down equipment to build a set of fresh material. Joined by bandmates Daniel Christiansen and Michael Wallace, the band completed work on a debut cassette. What emerged from the studio was a mixture of sharply-angled rhythmic workouts and euphoric '60s garage pop melodies, balanced with a penchant for drone-y, VU-styled downer moments." - Mexican Summer