GIANT HAYSTACKS is one of my favorite local bands to see - they have this rad energy, which sounds like lame-o hippie talk but I mean it in a smashed-block-on-the-dancefloor-mod-rocker way. Like being up all night with a pile of early JAM 7"s and a bootleg video of THE MINUTEMEN. Allan's lyrics are reallly incisive and cool - it's politics with a beat; I guess an easy reference would be the first GANG OF FOUR 7" but I think they are looser than that with some BIG BOYS/MINUTEMEN style. ARMEDALITE RIFLES are from New York and are going for a late-70s mod revival/power pop sound, but they don't quite get there to these ears. I hear a definite STRIKE influence, but they are a little more straight-up pop punk than I like anyway. But this is a great 7". Totally recommended, and on clear vinyl too! (LG)" - (MRR review)

Split released with 625 Thrash. Two california punk bands! TIMF features members of Ambition Mission and are a female fronted powerhouse! Giant Haystacks will not dissapoint any fans of The Minutemen or Gang of Four with their stoccato guitar riffs and distinctive rhythm section.

The follow-up to the acclaimed We Are Being Observed (Smart Guy, 2004) album from up-and-coming Bay Area shock-punk kings GIANT HAYSTACKS. Twelve short tracks of angular, sharp punk, delivered with jangly and spasmodic riffs, tight hooks and rhythms,and Scottish transplant ALLAN McNAUGHTON's vocals. For fans of Minutemen, Mission of Burma, Wedding Present, Wire, and the like.

3 new songs from Oakland, CA's kings of fast short punk with a bay area mindset and a thought to the old greats like Minutemen, Wire, Gang Of Four.

Giant Haystacks have touched my heart with their Minutemen / Gang of Four influenced punk. You may remember these dudes from their split I released a few months back with This Is My Fist!

Imported from Japan

The now-defunct Giant Haystacks were a Bay Area band that played an art-punk style that brings to mind bands like Wire, Minutemen or Gang Of Four, while Young Offenders take a more melodic approach, taking cues from The Wipers and Really Red.