Saturday, 18 September 2021

ALTAIR

Band: ALTAIR
Genres: Punk / Post-Rock / Post-Hardcore / Emo / Screamo / Skramz
Related artists: ?.
Country: Madrid SPAIN
Years Active: 2016-present
For fans of: Viva Belgrado, Standstill, La Parade, Chavire, Yarostan, Aleska, Vi Som Alskade Varandra Sa Mycket, Moving Mountains, Daitro, Envy, Sed Non Satiata, and Descubriendo A Mr. Mime.
Label(s): Self Released / Zilpzalp Records / Dingleberry Records / Pundonor Records / Tirano Intergaltico / Inhumano

Not that much need be said about this band, as it's pretty straight-forward.

1) If you like Spanish/European post-hardcore/screamo like Descubriendo A Mr. Mime, Viva Belgrado, La Parade and Standstill then methinks you'll fuckin' love this.

2) First album 'I' was released in 2017, it's kinda meh. Not my thing. Both the instrumentals and vocals have no real bite. They're decent, and a very good first go, but I never revisit these 7 tracks. Moving Mountains lite.

3) EP 'La herida renace en tus manos' came out the following year and is noticeably better than its predecessor. Very much in line with their subsequent output, heavier vocals, thicker instrumentals, less singing/more spoken word, all of which is encapsulated in closer "Águila".

4) It was 2019's 'Nuestro enemigo' 12"LP that initially caught my attention (due to a free tape) and had me picking up the vinyl immediately. The swirling, atmospheric tones mix beautifully with the post-hardcore twinkles and chugs, bringing to mind bands such as Vi Som Alskade Varandra Sa Myket, Descubriendo A Mr. Mime and Daitro. After a short, initial opener the album gets kick-started with the fantastic "Calma y olvido", anchored by a wailing guitar and excellent progressions, with the two-minute mark swing being my fave. "Penitencia" continues the beautiful balancing act but goes of at 2:10, "Cólera" is a beautiful acoustic/sung track that is worth a mention (kinda Standstill/Viva Belgrado), title track "Nuestro enemigo" has a music video (linked below) and is a banger that hits its stride at 1:50, and closer "Afasia" is damn-hell-ass epic.

5) Now I await the next material, as that last LP was fuckin' great.


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DISCOGRAPHY

2017 - I digital demo EP (stream/donate/download here)

2018 - La herida renace en tus manos digital EP (stream/donate/download here)

2019 - Nuestro enemigo cassette/12"LP (stream/donate/download here)

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(2021) ALTAIR - Hand 2 Paw Fest full set

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOxRY92umM0

(2019) ALTAIR - "Nuestro enemigo" (from 'Nuestro enemigo') official music video

(2019) ALTAIR - "Calma y olvido" (from 'Nuestro enemigo')
(2019) ALTAIR - "Penitencia" (from 'Nuestro enemigo')
(2018) ALTAIR - "Águila" (from 'La herida renace en tus manos')
(2017) ALTAIR - "Alias" (from 'I')
https://youtu.be/WbUkhQqCbWY

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ALTAIR additional links

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Friday, 17 September 2021

***HUNDREDS OF AU exclusive album premiere***

HUNDREDS OF AU

'A Briefing on the Human Condition'
exclusive album premiere
For fans of: Demersal, Capacities and Crowning

What's this? An nice little premiere right before the new HUNDREDS OF AU drops. Digitals release at 9am EST on September 17th, with physicals following in mid-late 2022 as a split 12". What's that? No, I can't. It's a secret.

Below you can find a review of the album as well as an exclusive premiere stream that goes live at 8:30am EST (that's 30 minutes before the official release!). It was recorded by Sean Glonek at SRG Studios and mixed/mastered by Kevin Carafa at Carafa Audio. Be sure to check back...I gotta go to bed.


(2021) HUNDREDS OF AU 'A Briefing on the Human Condition' full stream
Following a soothing but eerie introduction, HUNDREDS OF AU take off like a rocket on opener "100 Year Test", mixing the heavy/destructive side of the band with melody and periods of instrumental reflection. Next is up is "Objective Party", one of the bands' slowest and methodically paced songs released...and it might just be my favourite. The transitions ebb and flow wonderfully, creating an epic, post-hardcore, screamy that really pops at the 8-minute mark of the EP. "Afloat" features more mesmerizing guitar work, not in that it's ridiculously mathematical...it's more commanding than anything else. That's certainly not diminish what anyone else is doing, as each musician shines constantly - it just depends on what you happen to be focusing on. "Ancestor Reality" is a thick shot to the head with an extra one to the heart (for me), with lyrics about colonization and the guilt in our blood. Finale and slow burn "Return" is led with a driving, chorded, bass intro that eventually pulls the rest of the band in. It's pretty short in length but the closer is another example of the band utilizing everyone to their fullest, creating space where it's needed, and fucking crushing it when the time comes.
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Thursday, 16 September 2021

***DEMERSAL 'Death Routines' premiere***

DEMERSAL

'Death Routines'
album premiere


For fans of: We Are Among Clouds, Eglise and Lentic Waters

Co-released by: Zegema beach records (USA/Canada)
Entes animocos (Germany)
Over the under records (Denmark)
Heartland records (Denmark)
Fresh outbreak records (Italy)
Destroy it yourself records (Portugal)
Nothing to harvest records (Greece)
Out of thunes records (France)
Pasidaryk pats records (Lithuania)
Dingleberry records (Germany)
5feetunder records (Denmark)

DEMERSAL

the below video should become available at 11:45am CET (2 hours from the time this was posted)
(2021) DEMERSAL 'Death Routines' EP

I fell in love with the Denmark band DEMERSAL when I first heard their 'Less' LP. Kinda Converge, kinda Hexis, kinda We Are Among Clouds and hell, kinda Lentic Waters and Trainwreck, too. The band recorded 7 songs in one session, the first two seeing the late of day via the Regarding Ambiguity split cassette/7", and the final five showing up on this beautiful 7" 'Death Routines'. Whether it's the towering collapse 30 seconds into the opener, the sick time changes on "Suffer for each other", or the massive gravitational pull of closer "Worry", there's something here for any hardcore/metal/screamo listener.

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