At the end of April I got an email from Static Shock Records telling me that a new LP by The Flex was available to order. For once, this was a new release that was immediately available with no long preorder wait. That said, the email made clear that nothing would ship for a couple of weeks. But still, this was an interesting and surprising announcement. The band's first full length was released back in 2014, and after a couple of 7"s in 2015, the band has been pretty quiet. So it's cool to see that they have come back with a new record pretty much out of the blue.
This second LP, 'Chewing Gum For The Ears' is a duel release by Static Shock Records in the UK and Lockin' Out Records in the States. The UK pressing was 1000 copies, with 300 on red and 700 on white, all of which now appear to be sold out in the label's store.
At first I wasn't overly into this. Not sure why. It just didn't sound as good as the first album. But that was the first couple of plays. After that I started to get into it, and right now this has made it's way onto my daily playlist. With ten songs over in 17 minutes it's the perfect length for a hardcore record lile this. If it were much longer my ears would probably struggle to keep up with the pummeling.
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