Herein lies the issue; ‘The Morons of Truth’ is not a bad record. Everything that the audience would expect from a modern punk band is present and correct, although unfortunately delivered at a mediocre level. Heavier than Rancid or NOFX, but not trespassing into the hardcore community, AINTUSE fall somewhat flat in the middle. Vocally the band fail to inspire, finding it difficult to move away from the European pronunciations which only help to further add an undeveloped feel to the LP.
AINTUSE are clearly not looking to reinvent the wheel with their debut album. In typical punk-rock fashion, the Austrians blast through ten tracks in under twenty-five minutes, the longest lasting just over four minutes due to a particularly out-of-place outro. What makes the last two minutes of ‘Messiah’s Fairy Tale’ so disjointed is the lack of anything other than compartmented punk-rock on the previous nine songs. If anything, the album closer only serves to demonstrate how undistinguishable the remainder of the record is.
In short, AINTUSE are not doing anything particularly wrong, but they have not yet discovered how to get things right. ‘The Morons of Truth’ is entirely suitable as an average punk record, however AINTUSE will find it difficult to turn any heads with this effort.
BEN TIPPLE