On their freakin’ brilliant debut EP, this San Diego group dabbles in a quite oldschool sounding approach of gruff and dark post punk with a slight hint of Oi! that doesn’t try anything new but does everything right and is sure gonna please discerning genre afficinados and admirers of groups like Impotentie, Pyrex, Rank/Xerox and Institute, while standing out among the pack thanks to a pronounced melodic sensibility adding frequent flashes of color to that well-trodden genre formula, reminding me a little of early Iceage or of more recent works by the likes of Corker and NRG.
Now this shit is so right up my alley! The debut EP of this Providence, Rhode Island group just has so much class to it, a fully developed postcore aesthetic that you could locate somewhere inbetween some oldschool Drive Like Jehu, Rites Of Spring, Dag Nasty vibes and more recent genre phenomena like Waste Man, Bloody Gears, Glittering Isects (f.k.a. Uniform) and Dollhouse, adding some vague semblance of ’90s emocore to the mix as well as uncharacteristically melodic, rock-solid song foundations perfectly anchoring their smart and elaborate sonic architecture.
Exquisite new spaced-out goodness on the fantastic second EP of this singaporean group whose acid-drenched haze of garage-, post- and synth punk feels a bit like a way more pissed-off variant of shit á la Useless Eaters, Ex-Cult, Pow! or Mononegatives, with just a smidge of rowdy primitive energy á la early Strange Attractor thrown in for good measure!
