I don’t need to tell you that times are hard. And what the world needs more than anything else right is more hot girls playing four-on-the-floor cock rock – it’s as simple as that. But mixed-couple outfit Slunt’s debut EP is mostly training bra slabbage for aspiring devil girls. Singer/guitarist Abby Gennet (she’s also the host of those AOL broadband concerts) and bassist Jenny Gunns have the Wylde Girlz look down pat, and say all the right things to get the boys hot (“Wanna fuck or wanna fight?/Don’t wanna fuck, turn out the light”), including a blithe rip through Romeo Void’s “Never Say Never” (despite the fact that the song is depressing as hell). And though Slunt’s songs are thick with glam starbust riffs and grimy garage cherrybombs, if you’ve heard the Donnas, Les Hell on Heels, Karinations, Half Cocked, etc., you’ve heard Slunt (and heard it done better). So unless you’re dipping your toe into the sleazerock abyss for the first time, you probably don’t need to give these dirty girls and their manslaves a ride. However, if you’ve got a younger sister or niece that’s in danger of falling for Yellowcard or (God help us) Good Charlotte, then slip this disc into her panty drawer. She’ll thank you for it later. __________________________________________________

-Paul Gaita