Hike The Peak – Sheffield, England, United Kingdom Though I don’t wish to hike any peaks myself in the literal sense, introducing Hike The Peak, the band, is far more reasonable. But fast. That’s correct, as you have likely deduced from my unfunny quip, Hike The Peak and my introduction…
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Freedumb – Østfold, Norway Freedumb and The Freedumb Curse – Reversed are part of a trend. A trend in Punk? OH NO! Stay with me now. That was for dramatic effect. One of the things about bands, of all shapes and sizes, is that much of the music you see, hear and digest…
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The Expanse Of The Internet “May Have Missed Volume 5” is an attempt to counter the volume of requests I receive in the various Ear Nutrition inboxes as I type away. The venture of EN, when it boils down to the barebones of itself, is a spare-time hobby. I try…
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Grand Collapse – Bristol, England, United Kingdom (Again, please?) Grand Collapse and Empty Plinths. These are words that many have been waiting for. Well, the former followed by something in full-length form to be more precise. Grand Collapse are infamous, notorious and have now returned via the likes of TNSrecords…
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Shrug Dealer – New York City, New York, USA Introducing Shrug Dealer. Why now? Well, I suppose you’ll have to follow these words onward to whatever meaning they are trying to convey. You don’t have to, but you’ve come this far and you’re approaching a paragraph now; I promise I…
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Fair Do’s – Manchester, England, United Kingdom Fair Do’s and Our ‘Casket’. Where to begin? Well, ‘Casket’ is a song concerning the ever-widening death-box society is building itself. Such a tomb is being constructed in double-time and its workers are mired in an intoxicating miasma of their own incredulity and…
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Dragged In – Toronto, Ontario, Canada Though originally released in 2020 and not one for longwinded titles, Dragged In and LP1 have made their way into 2021 via Cursed Blessings Records. The Toronto, Ontario Hardcore Punks have been placing their own seal on the history of the ‘core since 2015…
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Oh The Humanity! – Massachusetts, USA After seven years since a full-length and three since their last release, Oh The Humanity! and their Self-Titled appear now in this 2021. The Massachusetts five-piece cascade through the legacy of approachable melodic and Pop-Punk. They simultaneously exude cathartic and ripping Melodic Hardcore as…
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Rest Easy – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Rest Easy and their Sick Day EP are both a band and debut respectively that live, breathe and champion an intrinsic Punk-Rock comfort. What am I rambling about in the first review I have beaten into this worn-but-not-out keyboard for a good while?…
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Belvedere – Calgary, Alberta, Canada It’s fair to say, that Belvedere have been away but in this here 2021, they have returned. “A Touch Elastic Punk: Steve From Belvedere” is now arriving in front of your visual cortex at an opportune time. After twenty-five years in the fast melodic Punk…
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