Better Off Dead 7''
Black / Bacchus Archives
1978 / 2006
Rating: 8 broken streets out of 10
I found this reissue of the only seven inch La Peste released during the band's short lifespan at the mostly subpar local record store which shall remain nameless because I'm a nice guy. As happens in so many areas of life, they were once the top dog but others have surpassed them - such is life. Their used full-length records are almost always overpriced, but on the flipside I often find good shit cheap in their (perpetually disorganized) seven inch bin.
This was a no-brainer purchase, especially at the price. The title song is one of the great underappreciated gems from the first wave of punk - extremely catchy, it gets stuck in my head nearly every time I hear it. The b-side is more in line with the post punk movement that was just rearing it's head, a mid-tempo number that lacks the passion of the "Better Off Dead" and quite frankly is inconsequential.
Nothing wrong with only having one really great song...there are a lot of bands that can't even claim that.
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