The Fiction-Names

CD waking records 011

taken from Hanging Like a Hex

I believe I heard this band awhile back on a Level Plane release, and I didn't think much of it. But this really caught my attention as it had an urgent, spastic punk rock feel. While many may shelf this in with the rest of the Level Plane crowd I'm more reminded of much of the output of the now-defunct Makoto Records catalog from the late 90's, centered in the Michigan area. That probably means nothing to anyone, but put aside older groups like Quixote, Gondolier, even a bit of Thoughts Of Ionesco The Fiction are like a link to the past, if a rather obscure one at that. For a little more relative description think some of the AmRep noise rock style, paired with Gravity Records style spazziness. All in all it makes a real good record. especially the almost never ending freak out in closing track, "Ditko". Not too shabby if I do say so.