At the height of grunge mania, L7, a bullish female foursome, hit the charts with successive big bubblegum hits weighed down by a massive guitar chug and a sound good enough to get them a support slot on the Faith No More tour. Whilst Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden took over the world, L7 proved that you didn't need to be overly serious to create waves on the metal scene, their brand of rock 'n' roll may have lacked the fuzz of say Mudhoney or darkness of Soundgarden, but here was a full-on female assault providing catchy hooks and bouncing melody. Opener 'Wargasm' is a great doom-grunge head-ripper but the album also managed to spawn several hits in the form of the 'Monster', the venemous punk of 'Shitlist', the stomping 'Everglade' and more sweeter 'Pretend We're Dead'. L7 proved to be wild children, I'll never forget the moment the lovely drummer on the FNM tour threw a sanitary towel into the crowd...L7 were a band who took no shit, and although their career stalled after this record, 'Bricks Are Heavy' remains an overlooked album from an overhyped scene.
7/10
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