Sometimes it takes me a while to get round to listening to a band that are receiving a certain amount of buzz, simply because of their name. Such is the case with Washington D.C. trio Flasher whose moniker has rather unpleasant connotations in England.
My loss, because their debut album, Constant Image (which came out a few weeks ago), is full of sparkling moments and brash invention. Drawing on the legacy of Post Punk, like so many bands these days, but sounding fresh and immediate on their own terms.
Using a call and response approach between all three members, as some kind of calling card, they've put together a great set of songs here. My own personal favourite thus far is second track Sun Come and Golden which is a meld of classic Wire, Gang of Four and B52s motifs. While Constant Image doesn't altogether cohere as an album, (possibility on account of its diversity), it has the brazen urgency of the classic D.C. Punk sound, abrasive and immediate, although it also grows on me every time I hear it so perhaps my judgement on the record as a whole will shift. In the meantime these four should give you a good idea.
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