hey this is a pretty good review (despite the inaccuracy of who plays/sings/etc)

PUSH-PULL
3 CDEP – Joyful Noise
Despite what you might have read elsewhere,
Bloomington's Push-Pull sound nothing like Shellac,
Big Black, or The Wipers. They do, however, write
some bizarrely good songs, many of which are
included on 3. Bizarre, first and foremost, are the
vocals. Mike Notaro – other Mikes Bridavsky (bass)
and Hoggatt (drums) round out the line-up – delivers
his lyrics with a fractured snarl; he often sounds
on the verge of choking. Despite his idiosyncratic
delivery, Notaro can really sing when he chooses to do
so. Check out the fractured love song "You are Dead,"
a track on which Notaro wistfully calls out, "You can
come on over, any time." Any signs of corniness are
canceled out, however, when he adds, "When I saw
you with a knife… you looked so sorry." Musically,
this song finds much in common with bands from
the early SST and Homestead days: crunchy, twangy,
melodic guitars supported by some tastefully busy
bass lines and crackerjack drumming (think of IIera
Meat Puppets). "Mike and Bob" is another fine
moment on this release, not only because it tells
the story of Twin Peaks' favorite killing machines.
Although it begins generically enough, "Mike and
Bob" explodes into something else when Notaro's
sputtering, almost other-worldly vocals hit listeners
with some choice quotes from the killers themselves
("I'm gonna catch you with my death bag" and "You
might think I've gone insane, but I promise that
I'll kill again"). Interesting guitar and bass duels
color the song's brief moments of vocal respite, all
of which sonically mimic the struggle between good
and evil that lies at the heart of the story of Mike
and Bob. Hardly an arty, post-punk collection of
songs, this EP presents a quirky band comfortable
enough to be as strange and nerdy as they want to
be. Speaking of strange and nerdy, go see Push-Pull
live. They're really weird. And really great. (Michael
Grigelevich)
myspace.com/pushpull