Saturday 12 October 2024

*** GXLLIUM! exclusive song premiere ***

"Axel Peart"
exclusive song premiere
For fans ofRex Kwon Do.gif from god and Me And Him Call It Us

orders open October 15th @9am PST for cassettes via ZBR

     Thank fucking lord the drummer shakeup didn't break this band up and now their back with a new six-song EP appropriately titled 'Breakup songs' minus two members plus one new one. There's tapes from ZBR going up on October 15th @9am PST but we only had time to pump out 35 before the release, so once those are gone we'll make another 100 easy. Seriously, you are not ready for this EP! The band gave some insight, read below:

"This is the last song we wrote with our last drummer before disbanding with him, a song we were really proud of, thinking it was gone forever! Till we fortunately invited our good friend Tanner to be the new drummer and finished the song with everyone collaborating on it. The song is named after Tanner's dog, Axel Peart. Trying to find a title when we finished mixing, we looked around Tanner's living room and decided that Axel was way too cool of a dog to not name it after him. This song goes out to Tanner for helping us keep this band alive <3"

(2024) GXLLIUM! "Axel Peart" (from 'Breakup songs')

     Right from the get-go GXLLIUM! goes immediately for the jugular with chaotic instrumentals that harness a lot of panic chords, blast beats, and wonky, almost Psyopus-esque guitar originality. After the initial minute of headfuckery, the song shifts into a lot slides and breakdowns before cutting out faraway, haunted screams and minimal instrumentals until 1:43 when the song combines the dreamy soft with the devastatingly heavy and it's fucking beautiful. The final minute is more epic in nature and focuses more on tying up the song instead of constant jaw-drops. Lyrics below!

you had me, you had me
You're left behind and you wonder why

Live
Laugh
As I live in your house
As we paint our picture
Death
Cry
As I live in my car
Outside of your house
A comically places static television
Alone
In the room I got for us
I hear your feet over thresholds
As you binge hotel rooms
Your moans ring like greeting cards in my ribcage
Your pictures are Christmas ornaments
Taken down on a February afternoon
Being so young love dies so soon
Blow up the sun like I’ve never fucking seen it before
Crash the car like I’ve never even loved you before
If god seen what you done he would take you out himself
If god loved me he would kill you at my fucking request



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Friday 11 October 2024

REX KWON DO

BandREX KWON DO
For fans ofHayworth, .gif from godThe Number Twelve Looks Like You, Kiowa, Me And Him Call It Us, Onewaymirror, Thank  You Driver, and Antarctica.
GenresPunk / Hardcore / Metalcore / Metallic Hardcore / Math Metal / Mathcore / Screamo / Skramz / Emo-violence / Mosh
Related artists?.
CountryHayward, California U.S.A.
Years Active2024-present
Label(s): Self-released

     REX KWON DO gets their name from the almighty Napoleon Dynamite and released their 'Demo' in fall 2024 and I'm in love. These four jams are chaotic, mathy, heavy, and shrieky as fuck. Imagine Me And Him Call It Us, Hayworth, and Kiowa
in a blender. Shit slaps super hard, like in the opener "Don't Let the Door Hit You Where the Good Lord Split Ya" at 1:14 when the bass drop goes off as an explosion and blowing out all other instruments, then everything slowly increases in volume again as the speakers regain their ability to produce sound. It's fucking awesome and I have yet to hear anything like it. Closer "Thugs, Drugs, and the War on Bugs" brings in the screamo/emo-violence crossover that warranted the Kiowa comparison and is my vote for best song on the EP, especially that quiet and brooding intro and all those dual vox. Easily one of the best demos of the year!!!

     I would love to release this and whatever they do next, so in the off chance they read this please hit me up at zegemabeachrecord@gmail.com

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(2024) REX KWON DO - "Thugs, Drugs, and the War on Bugs" (from 'Demo')

(2024) REX KWON DO - "Don't Let the Door Hit You Where the Good Lord Split Ya" (from 'Demo')

(2024) REX KWON DO - "Mocos Song" (from 'Demo')
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Wednesday 2 October 2024

*** PODCAST #162 Rohan Lilauwala (Respire, Votive, etc.) ***

photo: Andrew Wu


    Since frequenting the Toronto screamo scene in 2012 I have come to know Rohan very well, so it's kinda shameful that it took me this long to have him on the podcast. Rohan played in Delo Truda before I knew him, and got to know him through Foxmoulder, and then Respire. He also co-founded New Friends, which we discussed. A few things other things we touched on: the secret to starting a band, sleeping on Alexisonfire, tenure in Foxmoulder, the mythical legend that is Tower Of Silence, being nobodies, deep-ass cuts, Respire decade run-through, updated visa store, Votive the ninja, riff dish, doxing Heavenly Blue, band ethos and Godspeed! You Black Emperor, thoughts on running fests and retiring, etc. Bands played in this podcast: A Newfound Interest In Connecticut, Amber Daybreak, Carissa's Weird, Chalk Hands, and The Travesty Star. Listen to podcast #162 which is available to stream and/or download for free via this link.

RESPIRE


VOTIVE




1 Once you see how it's done, only then it becomes easy to do it
A NEWFOUND INTEREST IN CONNECTICUT "and started sharing stories" (Rohan)
THE TRAVESTY STAR "We're Not the Impatients" (Dave)

2 Updated Visa Horror Stories
CHALK HANDS "Teeth and Nails" (Rohan)
AMBER DAYBREAK "Burning Seas" (Dave)

Turns out I was the special sauce
CARISSA'S WEIRD "September Come Take This Heart Away" (Rohan)


~Dave

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RESPIRE + LOVE LUST interview in Germany