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Volumes EP
The Mirimar Distaster
Undergroove
2008-09-01
Although the opening bite of first track “Alms For Strangers” is distinctly “Welcome To The Jungle”-like, Volumes, the new EP from Sheffield’s The Mirimar Disaster, quickly tears in to heavy instro-core, incredibly Mastodon-like with its pincing guitar line, throbbing bass and athletic percussion. The feel of Atlanta’s finest is felt further on the next couple of Volumes’ tracks too — both the annoyingly-named but impressive “Control. Alter. Delete.” and the similarly engaging title track — with forceful metal/hardcore blend, swirling and chugging riffery and aggro throat-work.
Another English Summer EP
Future Loop Foundation
Pinncale
2008-09-01
Following up their album The Fading Room released earlier this year, Future Loop Foundation release an EP featuring “Another English Summer” taken from the LP and featuring two remixes courtesy of Hesso and Tunng. Coming from an album built from highly personal and organic ingredients using recordings of family interviews that have laid dormant in an attic somewhere in the north of England for almost a quarter of a century, it’s Englishness is unmistakable, and the electronic and acoustic samples give it a chilled, Lemon Jelly quality.
One Day As A Lion EP
One Day As A Lion
Anti
2009-07-22
Think you know what a duo comprised of Zack de la Rocha and Jon Theodore is going to sound like? Here’s what they say: “One Day As A Lion is both a warning delivered and a promise kept … The name taken from the infamous 1970 black and white, captured by legendary Chicano photographer George Rodriguez featuring a center framed tag on a white wall in an unspecified section of Boyle Heights. It reads: ‘It’s better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand years as a lamb.’ This record is a stripped down attempt to realize this sentiment in sound.” So what do we get? Well yes, it is pretty much what you thought it was going to be — engaging, punchy beats coupled with heavy, catchy riffs and tied up with some aggro topical rhymes beat and spat out over the top — but as full of feeling, energy and power as it is, this is exactly why it’s good.
Bring On The Waves EP
6 Day Riot
Tantrum
2007-08-11
With Bring On The Waves 6 Day Riot have followed debut album Folie a Deux with a charming EP continuing the filtration of their multiple ethnic folk influences through an easily accessible pop filter. This is demonstrated perfectly by the opening track “Go! Canada” swift move from its opening oom pah pah banjo strums through to the light and engaging melodies that hook in the shuffling chorus.
Paperwork
volcano!
The Leaf Label
2008-09-01
Chicago trio volcano! have been on a two-year hiatus since their debut album Beautiful Seizure received rave reviews in 2005. Exploring the parameters of rock, the band have tried to maintain a balance of melody and noise on Paperwork, often beginning with simple pop structures and then tearing them apart with reckless abandon to elicit a bodily reaction. They’ve also brought a political stance into their lyrics, coupled with a sense of humour, to deliver a challenging album often with its tongue firmly in its cheek.
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