Can’t Close My Eyes

Youth of Today, “Can’t Close My Eyes” (Revelation; original release 1986)
Debut from these NYCers, as much of an opening shot for the second (third?) wave of SE harcore as Minor Threat or SSD’s debuts were for the first. Ultra-minimalist, caroming fury that’s as abstract and brutal as Pink Flag, though lyrical concerns here tend less to Wire’s existential-dread-of-the-modern-world and more to friends-betraying-you-by-sneaking-drinks-of-Miller-Lite.
Try 1/ 2, ¼
1/23/14