A Single Drop of Red

Album Review

Picture White Zombie without all the horror shtick and a dash more melody, and you wouldn't be that far off from Anarchy Club. After all, both bands contain crunchy guitar riffs, growly vocals, memorable choruses, and an unmistakable electronic sheen. On this Boston-based duo's 2007 release, A Single Drop of Red, Anarchy Club offers five new electro rock ditties, as well as six remixes of favorites (supposedly selected by their fans) from their debut release, The Way and Its Power. The duo sticks closely to the aforementioned Zombie-esque style on the first two tracks ("Graveyard Stickshift" and "Collide"), before showing that they also have a thing for Stone Temple Pilots ("Blood Doll") and Nine Inch Nails-style music (the title track). And as with most remixes, there's nothing all that groundbreaking with these makeovers, but hardcore fans may get a thrill or two. With the metallic dance genre having hit a bit of a bump in the road circa the time of the release of this set (especially when compared to the genre's heady days of a decade earlier), Anarchy Club appear to be single-handedly attempting to breath life back into this once thriving style.