Friday, May 20, 2011

Hoax-s/t 7"




Hoax is a band I have heard a lot about the past few months, and despite everything I have heard about them I still never checked them out. I'm actually glad that I walked into this blind though, having no idea what this band sounded like made hearing them for the first time as intense as it should of been. When "Fagget" blasted into my headphones it was quite a surprise. Hoax isn't the typical hardcore band I was thinking they would be and these four tracks show just as much potential as the debut SLICES 7" did.

A very fierce debut 7" and excellent follow up to their demo. Hoax did this record right, each song different from the last but the record still works as a whole and has nods to hardcore greats as well as other influences.

A split release from Deranged Records and Katorga Works.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Career Suicide-Cherry Beach 7"




Finally a proper release of Career Suicide's obscure UK tour single! Cherry beach has been in the works for what seems like a couple years now, and now that its here I couldn't be happier with how it came out.

For those of you who don't know, the original version of this record was released for the bands UK/Ireland tour and all 300 copies pressed sold out within the tours duration. Sometime shortly after this a bootleg was pressed and it too sold out quite fast. Both records are sought after by CS fans and collector scum alike. Now thanks to Dirtnap records a new version is back on the market.

For this version the band keeps the title track and the song "Double Life" but ditches the Cuby and the Blizzards cover(sad i know). In the place of the cover the band gave us two brand new tracks "Means To No End" and "Things Take A Turn".

Every track on here is 100% pure Career Suicide greatness, yes this record is a departure from the sound that made the band popular but this new(mid tempo) style fits the band like a glove and still wreaks of hardcore and punk legendry. So yes this record is a MUST HAVE for everyone, and all though I am glad I could finally get my hands on some form of this release it only makes me want the original even more.

Released by Dirtnap Records. Red vinyl is OUT OF PRINT. Black is still available.
http://www.dirtnaprecs.com/site/