SCIENCE MAN - II LP

Includes bonus flexi.

Highly recommended.

Science Man is the alter ego solo project of John Toohill (Alpha Hopper / Radiation Risks). It’s a crude rock and roll machine churning out catchy, scatterbrained, yet relentless songs. Bashing, guitar driven, and nothing quirky-cute or mechanized-sounding about it even with it’s drum machine backbone.

Flowing through punk / hardcore / garage / rock and roll like some kind of monstrous cross between Big Black, Motorhead and Devo without having a throwback vibe.

"I think I was conflating NATURAL MAN BAND and some of the more overtly sci-fi denizens of the egg-punk world, like POWERPLANT or RESEARCH REACTOR CORPORATION. To be honest, that impression isn’t too far off. While SCIENCE MAN (one-man project of John Toohill from RADIATION RISKS and other Buffalo bands) may be more indebted to the NEW BOMB TURKS and less to DEVO than any of those bands, he’s still employing the services of a drum machine to make some “out there” music. This is pretty much lightning-fast garage punk laid atop an incessant, driving industrial track with some metal and prog flourishes thrown in (as I’m writing this out, I’m realizing that’s quite the odd set of genre bedfellows, but it works). Although there are nine separate tracks (the physical release also includes a flexi with an additional track), II functions more as a continuous 20-minute mix - once it gets going, it never lets up. This is all really impressive stuff, but I want to highlight this vocal performance. It’s like Greg Cartwright turned up to eleven. Definitely worth checking out." - MRR