Ackrill/Venning ’91 is an audacious revelation of a debut LP demonstrating a profoundly passionate love of music from its creator. All the songs mine a rich vein of genres with no two sounding the same. The upfront jangle of Danes In Peril! sits proudly next to the harsh metallic racket of Harley Tat. And if He Forgot My Name is a dreamy spectral prayer from a fallen angel then Getting Fucked Over By Your Friends is the best ninety-second shoutalong about betrayal EVER that the Shangri-Las never got round to singing. The public attention this cd attracted to the Hank Collective, especially the above-mentioned dance-party hit “Danes In Peril”, has gone from mere praise to a mighty roar of approval and love. This isn’t really a Blocks release, what’s really happening here is that we’re distrbuting this cd for Weeping Truckers, the record lable that put it out way back when (last year).
