Carnival Crash were a NYC based post-punk band that coexisted amongst many of the greatest revered NYC post-punk bands in ’81/’82, but broke up while recording before really establishing themselves. Members from Carnival Crash would also play in Swans, Ritual Tension, Live Skull, Chavez, and others. This collection documents the short time they were around. Musically, it’s completely solid-sounding early ’80s post-punk with some no wave influence sprinkled about. It fits perfectly amongst the timeframe from which it comes, and is recommended for anyone interested in the early ’80s NYC punk/post-punk/no wave scenes and the music that came out of them. –Mark Twistworthy (Obelisk, obeliskrecords.com)