ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE "This Is A Spark of Life EP" (Indecision) Review by Jordan A. Baker
This is one of those EPs that serves as both a great teaser of what might lie ahead, and as an annoyance in that it's only 10 minutes long. ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE is a SHAI HULUD side project that features ex-members of TRY.FAIL.TRY (yeah - I don't remember anything about that band either...), but sounds entirely like SHAI HULUD, only in the bizarre mode of a thrash band. Hammering through eight songs in ten minutes, "This Is A Spark of Live" is bruisingly invigorating, and over before its impact really hits. Go figure. If typical SHAI HULUD lyrics focus on observational characteristics of humanity at its relative polar maximums, then ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE settles decisively at the end-point of horrification. And although there's a odd humorous slant to all of this release,"This Day Is A Spark Of Live" is hardly a joke release, even with its schlocky artwork and over the top allusions. The Paul Miner production is swift and to the point, and the sound clips from The Big Lebowski are more than welcome. I'm curious to see where ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE go from here, if anywhere, but if this EP is there only testament to this world, it's hardly a barren entry.
