(2020) L-Seven - L-Seven


Review:
L-Seven were a short-lived but foundational post-punk band from Detroit, MI. Active between 1980- 1983, L-Seven only ever officially released one 7” on Touch and Go’s Special Forces, a division of Touch and Go Records designated for releases that were not just straight-ahead punk and hardcore, the L-Seven 7” was the only Special Forces release. L-Seven was formed by members of The Blind, Retro and Algebra Mothers and fiery singer Larissa Stolarchuk and are not to be confused with the similarly named LA grunge group L7 who would form a decade afterward. Following the demise of L-Seven, Larissa (now going by Larissa Strickland), while still donning her bleached blonde hair and tattered floral sundress with combat boots, would put down the mic and pick up a guitar and form the seminal Laughing Hyenas with her partner in (life of) crime John Brannon. During their time together L-Seven was loved and respected by all of the Detroit punk and hardcore bands. Larissa was the surrogate den mother to the hardcore scene and although L-Seven’s sound was far from hardcore, their DIY attitude and willingness to bring art into their music was hugely inspiring and influencial to the “Freezer Theater” crew. They shared stages with Negative Approach, Necros, Meatmen and all of the midwest superstars as well as many legendary touring artists. L-Seven opened for Iggy, The Birthday Party, Bush Tetras, did a small tour with Gun Club and even played U2’s first ever Detroit show.





Tracklist:
01 - Flowers of Romance
02 - Maniac
03 - Rapping Tune
04 - Brixton Shuffle
05 - Lost in Paradise
06 - Klickety Klack
07 - Mental Game
08 - Mr. Hell
09 - Human Truths
10 - Don't Be Lame
11 - Sixty Six Days
12 - London Dungeon
13 - Over Under Sideways Down


Media Report:
Genre: post-punk
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits