Berlin group Skeleton Glove have already put out a bunch of demos, all of which suffered to a varying extent from their Lo-Fi production values, so it’s nice to finally hear them in a sound that does their sheer sonic force justice. The result is every bit as good as i could’ve hoped for, their ultra-primal brand of post- and hardcore punk with flourishes of death rock and garage never failing to hit where it hurts the most.
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This EP by Kyoto group LLRR is a real treat! Post punk that’s simultaneously catchy and abrasive, often danceable, sometimes leaning towards math rock structures and oldschool no-wave-funky in other places. A rock-solid rhythm section creates the ideal space for guitarist Yuzuru Sano’s unruly yet often quite melodic eruptions of noise to unfold as well as the hypnotic chants by vocalist Minami Yokota, the latter being interwoven into the rhythmic foundation to a degree seldem heard from contemporary groups.
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Gotta tell you about this Super Cheap EP i got super cheap from Painters Tapes! It’s a weird little lump of blown-out noise – it’s fast and wild, it’s pleasantly short. Kinda like a mix between Soupcans, Lumpy and the Dumpers, Stinkhole and Connie Voltaire’s more hardcore-centric projects.
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Whoa, what an excellent debut EP by a Memphis, Tennessee group! The opener plays out kinda like Drive Like Jehu or Hot Snakes in creative overdrive mode, also being somewhat reminiscent of contemporary bands like Meat Wave, Mystic Inane, Tunic or Wymyns Prysyn. Next they change gear entirely and come up with a mid-tempo post punk tune in which a pulsing beat collides with some serious Flying Nun-style psychedelia and a certain Sauna Youth vibe. The latter also permeates the subsequent two garage punk smashers with echoes of Ex-Cult, early Teenanger or Dumb Punts, gradually shapeshifting into more of a post punk and indie rock style not unlike Gotobeds, Sleepies or B-Boys, which in the closing track once again morphs into kind of a Swervedriver-esque slow jam. There’s not a single weak spot to be found on this record!
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Having released four EPs on Neon Taste so far, Vancouver’s Bootlicker have hit the bull’s eye every single time, so why change anything now? They haven’t. Accordingly, on their first longplayer, their brand of no-frills oldschool hardcore attack once more manages to be mostly unsurprising yet perfectly gripping from start to finish.
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Formerly On Fluorescent Paper releases July 9th via Gilgongo Records.
Try Not To Think releases July 14th via Mt. St. Mtn. Records.
Puritans releases July 8th.
Direct Threat releases June 30th via Iron Lung Records.
