Half-Life E.P. by Local H

Half-Life E.P., which Local H put out in 2001, was a teaser for their next album, Here Comes the Zoo, and a first taste of the duo with Brian St. Clair behind the kit in place of co-founder Joe Daniels. Scott Lucas, the band's lone constant, leads the charge, and Jack Douglas produced it.

The title track, which went on to the album, is a big, sneering, riff-driven slab of post-grunge fury. The rest is a grab bag: two covers, the Misfits' "Static Age" and Chicago's "25 or 6 to 4", plus the B-side "Stick to What You Know". It's a stopgap, but a loud and cheerful one from a band with a chip on its shoulder.

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