SWING KIDS burned fast and bright and ended its run early with a small but volatile and beloved body of work. A Swing Kids song sounds like the band’s trajectory–fiery, tumbling, all youthful crash and burn paired with razor-sharp precision and impeccable timing. The Three One G-released “Situations on Mars” 7″, born 10 years ago yesterday, gives another look into one of hardcore’s finest and most lamented. “Fake Teeth” is a new song and shows the band’s sound refined, bigger, and more confident after years of playing and travelin’ hard post-breakup with acts like Sweep the Leg Johnny, the Album Leaf, Tristeza, Bread and Circuits, the Locust, Retox, and Yaphet Kotto. Both “Fake Teeth” and the title track, a newly rewritten version of “Situation on Mars,” are classic Swing Kids only better,...
