Antisocial

“…enfin, le temps perdu qu’on ne rattrape plus…”

Trust’s big hit I guess you could say is “Antisocial”, mainstay and opener of their ’80 sophomore record, Repression, a moderately hard around the gills tune that’s, y’know, alright, but the hoopla thrust upon it isn’t something I’ve understood. It’s not their most aggressive, catchiest, or most memorable, but regardless it makes up around half of their compilation appearances.

Overshadowing most everything musically in this shorter version (by about a minute) of the song is the unkind singing of Bernie Bonvoisin, whose up-front and immodest style steers his renowned native language of romance unto the inconsiderate likes of Eastern Bloc poetry, but in metal it’s a mean plus, then doubles when they twine with duality during its second half.

B-side “Monsieur Comédie” (“M. Comédie” on some pressings) is, for me, the slightly more infectious song. To strong effect, these synced vocals reappear here, which, along with the a-side, are rife with Krief’s exceptional solos even as he briefly sets the main song’s stage with light acoustics. In the end, however, the track’s more up-tempo urgency keeps it a few strides ahead of its competitor.

Quite the solid single to entrance Trust into the new decade where their heavier tendencies will find more appreciation than they could suspect.