The Effigies
Haunted Town

Children of the Dead Kennedys, fathers of Naked Raygun.
The Effigies awaken the surf punk concoction, deviating both from the pure hardcore of the DK and from the metal influence of Agent Orange with an incredibly acidic wall.
Bloodstrains and Holiday in Cambodia were certainly tracks overused by the Chicago band, far from the sea but not from the dream of surfing California's corpse (the anthemic Below the Drop and the eponymous Haunted Town).
This EP manages to suggest the psychobilly of the Gun Club (the crazy offbeat of Mob Clash) and the post-punk that becomes core of Mission of Burma and Husker Du (the whirlwind of We'll Be Here Tomorrow).
A seminally open career that closes in tightly even before the first long play.