To be honest, I’m feeling a bit confused. This feels like one of those albums I’m supposed to like, but oddly I just don’t get
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Dead Heavens – “Whatever Witch You Are” (Dine Alone Records, 2017)
Dead Heavens are a weird band. Somewhat of a super-group, led by Walter Schreifels (last seen by most fronting emo-rock heroes Rival Schools, but also
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Pet Symmetry – Vision (Polyvinyl, 2017)
Wait, this album came out a few months ago. Oh, oops. Well, this one is a little late then. Ah well, I’d best get on
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Make Them Suffer – Worlds Apart (Rise Records, 2017)
I don’t know why Editor Tony keeps giving me these types of records to review. ‘Yeah but you used to be in a hardcore band
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Bat Boy – Couldn’t Keep Up 7in (Asian Man Records, 2017)
Bat Boy is another new band on Asian Man Records featuring someone from Spraynard – in this case Jake. He is joined by Cory (from
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Less Art – Strangled Light (self-released, 2017)
‘Strangled Light’ is the debut album by Less Art, a band made up of people who were previously in popular bands (quote from the accompanying
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Cheap Whine – s/t LP (Drunken Sailor Records, 2017)
Wow. I’ve been pretty blown away by this record. I’d somehow managed to ignore that in their native Montreal, these guys are considered to be
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Big Nothing – s/t 7in (Asian Man Records, 2017)
From the aching opening lines of Cincinnati, “It takes everything that I’ve got not to cry, when I’m lying awake at night and I’m remembering
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Heavy Pockets – Mopeless (Dead Broke Rekerds, 2017)
Back in 2002 I found myself wandering around at some indie rock festival at Butlins in Camber Sands, of all places. My brain buzzing from far too many Coca Cola’s I happened upon a post gig knees up in some tacky bar, whereupon a wasted Kim Deal of The Breeders trod on my toes as Shellac’s Bob Weston span a Minor Threat song on the turntables.
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Eighteen Visions – XVIII Rise Records
Ahhhhh 18 Visions!! Was there ever a band belched forth from the sewer of 90’s straight edge hardcore that inspired such acidic vitriol or fawning adulation in equal measure? It’s been quite a journey for the California metallic hardcore pretty boys.
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