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Two more videos for everyone this week! On our last guest episode, we had Lachlan Ferruccio and Cat Xi, one-half of Naarm/Melbourne “metalcore throwback” outfit IDENTITY ERROR, on the show. With their upcoming debut EP, You Still Have Tomorrow, dropping next month, Lachlan and Cat chat about their love for heavy music, the band's early beatdown origins, the democratic nature of collaboration, perfecting the art of a clean chorus, stepping up to headline their own shows, and the strength of Melbourne’s thriving metalcore scene. Check it out below:
And for my ongoing Dispatch Bay series, resident rifflord Luke Bentham joined the show from the road to chat about THE DIRTY NIL’s ripping fifth LP, The Lash, out now through Dine Alone/Civilians. We chop it up about songwriting habits, treating inspiration like an everyday 9-5, the influence of country legend John Prine, The Beatles: Get Back TV documentary series, and more. Go on, get lashed and check it out below:
SIDE A:
A curated selection of cool shit for you to listen to.
Don Broco – “Cellophane”
On their new single, the rollicking “Cellophane,” DON BROCO frontman Rob Damiani is throwing down curious lyrical breadcrumbs. “I just pulled a sickie, woke up in the matrix” kicks off the track’s explosive pre-chorus, while “Love that fetal position, yeah, I can’t stop shaking/Uppercut my own face mid-conversation” lays the smackdown in the second verse.
While it’s hard to parse the exact context behind the latest missive from the UK rockers and newfound Fearless Records signees, the quartet’s rock-solid propensity for genre-bending “hooligan music” (cheers to my lovely wife & co-host for that exquisite descriptor) is still on full display. Watch the video for “Cellophane” below:
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Bodyweb – deadwired
My new find this week comes all the way from Leeds, in the form of “nu-hardcore” quintet BODYWEB. What exactly is nu-hardcore, I hear you ask, ever so hesitantly? Well, dear reader, think raging heaviness, off-kilter hooks, abrupt switchups and transitions, all suffused with what can best be labelled as ‘grim and unsettling’ synth layers—aka spooky heavy shit.
Bodyweb’s upcoming four-track EP, deadwired, was self-produced by the band and vocalist Louis Hardy (Higher Power, Big Cheese), and it drops on September 5th through the good folks over at Flatspot Records. Stream the EP’s pre-release singles here (DSPs).
Thrice – “Gnash”
Back in 2005, post-hardcore luminaries THRICE dropped their (still impossible to pronounce) Vheissu LP, at a time that would ultimately turn out to be a significant hinge point for their storied career.
With the impending release of Horizons/West, the spiritual successor and companion album to 2021’s Horizons/East, arriving later this year (October 3rd through Epitaph), it feels like the group may be approaching another artistic milestone: unabashed creative freedom. As frontman Dustin Kensrue puts it:
“We’ve always just followed our curiosity, wherever it leads. We want to keep growing, exploring, and making something that feels honest to who we are right now.”
Watch the lyrics video for “Gnash” below:
Greyhaven – Keep It Quiet
Louisville outfit GREYHAVEN have always been one of those bands that I’ve heard of but never really heard. You know? I’ve seen them around, I’ve listened to the records and EPs, but nothing has ever really clicked the way it does for subconscious repeat listening and eventual staying power. That said, Keep It Quiet, the band’s forthcoming LP, produced by Will Putney and slated for release on October 10th through Solid State Records, might sway me.
Greyhaven will be touring across the UK and Europe in support of Better Lovers later this year, and that should give you a rough idea of the sonic register they work within. Stream the LP’s pre-release singles here (DSPs).
Heavensgate – “Rain”
It’s been a busy year for Naarm/Melbourne metalcore heavyweights HEAVENSGATE. They dropped their previous single “Oblivion” back in February and signed to Pure Noise Records, right before kicking off their first-ever US tour supporting Thrown, and then came home to pick up a national run with Chelsea Grin and Currents. And later this year, they’ll head over to the UK and Europe for a debut tour alongside We Came As Romans and Brand of Sacrifice. Suffice to say, dude’s have been B-U-S-Y.
Which may explain why their latest single, “Rain,” sounds so monumentally, aggressively pissed in the most ignorant way possible, even for Heavensgate. Maybe it’s the near-constant rhythmic tumult, the sidewinding fight riffs, or the piledriving percussive assault. Whatever it is, it sounds heavy, urgent, and entirely unruly. Listen at your own risk. Watch the video for “Rain” below:
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