Obviously if it's your band, you can call it whatever you want. It's just a little irksome that this stereotypical indie rock band has a name that comes straight out of grindcore.
Performative brutality notwithstanding, The Italian Flag is the third full-length release from the band, and a bit of a musical breakthrough. Neither britpop nor grunge, Prolapse are the sampler platter of 90s indie rock. This album really could stand in for the better part of a decade musically speaking. Here's some Pixies, here's some Sonic Youth, here's a shoegaze dipping sauce and how about some Fall, here's a bit of punk a la Crass, some post-punk in the vein of Gang of Four, and here's a song where a Pavement song title gets repeated over and over, and oh does this bassline remind you of Fugazi or is it just me?
Prolapse is a band that just barely fails to be more than the sum of its influences. However, only music nerds care about that, and for everybody else the question is: Do they write good songs? The answer is yes, there are at least three songs on this album that stand up alongside the hit singles of the time. Some of this music is achingly pretty and sure to inspire a heartsick nostalgia in anyone who grew up liking rock music in the 90s. Some of it has a goofy edginess that is mortifying. It's like a dad that mixes period and current slang.
The album goes on too long, but that's not unique among bands that made CDs rather than LPs. The Italian Flag is worth a look for 90s indie rock heads and maybe for old punks that know and love all its forebearer music.