WORMHOLE // BLÜMGART

 

A truly unique and/or mystifying cassette.....that's what you're here for, right? One side is proto-electro/house jams, the other is electric piano improvisations. I really can't think of a better reason to visit The Escape on a Thursday, so you're welcome. Today's responsible party has been (at least partially) connected to for MOZART, QUEST FOR QUINTANA ROO, YI, CAGED ANIMAL, SHARP KNIFE and a ton of other shit....but this shit is unlike that other shit. This shit is for real. That other shit is also for real, but this shit is real.

COMMUNICATOR SERIES

DESBORDE

 

What if LIMP WRIST and PURA MANIA made a weird Argentinian synth / egg punk band?

What if they sounded like Slash Records circa 1979 and had one part that was kinda NIGEL PEPPERCOCK and THE CARS circa 1979 even though those things shouldn't overlap?

What if that band was really fukkn good?

DESBORDE

HEAVENLY BLUE

 

The Provinces keep delivering, this time with a new offering from HEAVENLY BLUE. They've sharpened their sound to a jagged point, polluting '60s garage punk with sinister snarls and gloriously damaged psych guitars. 13th FLOOR ELEVATORS fucking with Japan's MASTURBATION and/or SONICS reinterpreted by ghoulish South of Market meth fiends. The previous releases have all been great, but these Nova Scotia punks have absolutely outdone themselves here, and I think it's about time for a full length.

KNIFE

MORALLY STRAIGHT

 

In a way, MORALLY STRAIGHT came two years too late......but isn't that want makes them perfect? 2012's Normalitas is a master class in posi-Y2K fastcore, giving off serious LIFES HALT vibes with shades of 97A and some of the more 'crew iterations of the era. I wax nostalgic about this period every so often, choosing to remember the positives and skip the frustrations, and it's bands like this that really drive home how many great people and relationships came out of that time....bands like MORALLY STRAIGHT that help me remember that while hardcore rules, your hardcore (whatever era and/or genre you're a part of) rules more. Pretty sure these kids from Bandung are never going to forget the bonds they made in the early 2010s, and that makes this old white guy smile. 

NORMALITAS

HOPI BUTTERFLY

I encourage you to listen with intention. I stopped partway through my first listen; I understood that these recordings needed my full attention and I waiting until I could dedicate my ears and my self properly. It was the right choice. In the right environment, listening can feel like being a part of - I know that I'm not, but for 34 minutes it almost felt like I was. And it was nice to feel like I was a part of something. 

HOPI BUTTERFLY DANCE

RHINO

 

Filthy, grimy, gruff, squirmy hardcore street punk. The tempo shift that closes "Spinning" is worth the price of admission on its own but you're in luck; this is ten minutes of angst ridden gold. One self-titled demo from 2018 is all you get from Rhino, which seems appropriate for a band littered with members who seem obsessed (or content?) with projects who drop a handful of songs and then dissolve (CRYIN' HAND, BOOGER, ZIG ZAG, SMELTER, EJECUTADÓR, CURBED, PUTRID BOYS....this list just scratches the surface). At the risk of repeating myself - if the songs are this good, then fukk it. 

RHINO

FUTURAT

 

It's hard to really put a finger on these sounds - they are already inside me, just not quite like this....and every time I listen to Incenerat it stops me dead in my tracks. What do they sound like? See for yourself (please) and decide for yourself (obviously), but this shit keeps hitting like MUDHONEY mixed with TORCHE mixed with early '90s FLAMING LIPS and I am so totally here for it. Also it seemed an appropriate time and place post considering this time and the place we currently find ourselves in. I wish it was as simple as a tape filled with killer jams.....but maybe for a few minutes it can be. Maybe.  

INCINERAT