Short Fuse is a hardcore punk outfit from Münster, Germany. The four-piece outfit delivers six tracks of fast and raw hardcore punk. "Blight" packs a mean punch with its gritty guitars and Seb's yelled vocals, which reminded me a little bit of Fucked Up's Pink Eyes. The majority of the songs on this 7" occupy the territory of mid-tempo hardcore, which the occasional flare for the faster stuff. During the course of listening to Blight I came to the conclusion that the rhythm section of the band really seems to drive the songs along. Sure, there are guitars, but they seem to be providing support rather than taking control of each song. The EP closes out with "You Already Stank Yesterday," a short hate-filled song that lasts barely thirty seconds. Overall, this is fairly decent record. I'm not super into this facet of hardcore, but Short Fuse does it fairly well.
