Sunday, 29 December 2024

*** COUP D'ÉTAT release show ***

COUP D'ÉTAT 'What Happens After the Epilogue...' release show


@Influence Board Shop in Victoria, BC on December 13th, 2024

Live Show Review


COUP D'ÉTAT
Goddamn this band is so fucking good. They played almost all of their new/debut album, and considering they've only been a band since March of 2024 that is some serious heat in a very short amount of time. Freya accidentally unplugged her pedals at one point and Lili jet-puked after the set, but in the end these are just vibrant little memories from the set and not detracting factors. A truly excellent experience all around. The band even included a brand new jam with the help of Devi from Lord Wrought and good got did that shit slap. The band's next show is January 12th in Victoria with a buncha other homies. Stoked!
(2024) COUP D'ÉTAT full set
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JISEI
This Victoria/Vancouver two-piece unleashed mayhem (as per usual) with one of the most consistently animated and awesome performers (Leda). Mathy, grindy, intense, and sick.
(2024) JISEI (live)

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LORD WROUGHT
I hadn't heard of this band but vocalist Devi introduced themselves to me early on so I was on the lookout when they played...and holy fuck did they kick my ass. Pitch-black hardcore with metal and screamo leanings who released a new EP back in November, but they played a new song and it knocked my socks off. These feet still be cold. "some people need to fucking die"
(2024) LORD WROUGHT new song (live)
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CORRODE
Ma boyee Dalton drums from this hardcore band, as he and I were kind of a pre-Mourn Recif two-piece whose time was cut short after he moved from Nanaimo to Victoria and the geography no longer worked. It was awesome to see him rip it up and holy fuck is this band 1) tight 2) technical 3) badass
(2024) CORRODE (live)
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FILIGREE SILVER GOD
Wooooooah nelly I hadn't heard of this band before but they are definitely top-tier BC screamo!!! Amazing three-piece with some exceptional guitarwork and some serious Swan Of Tuonela and Atalanta vibes that I think frequenters of this blog will drop jaws over.
(2024) FILIGREE SILVER GOD

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MOURN RECIF
This was without a doubt the band's favourite set we've played and with us being a three-piece now our set options felt limited. If you live in Duncan or Nanaimo (or even Victoria if you're willing to drive) and play guitar feel free to hit me up at zegemabeachrecords@gmail.com
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HOSPICE
Ooooo baby this three-piece (featuring Lili and Raine from Coup D'état) absolutely ripped through what felt like less than 10 minutes of bass-driven awesome-sauce.
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Friday, 20 December 2024

*** PODCAST #172 Vile Hartman (Kid Feral) ***


    I've been a huge KID FERAL fan since their debut 12"LP dropped many years ago I've been an avid fan, we even got to release their follow-up two songs on a 4-way split 7" (linked here). Recently they released their new EP 'Headlights' and played New Friends Fest 2024 in Toronto (which I also saw), so it was definitely time for ye olde tales from across the sea, matey. A sample of topics covered: pirate rum and sea shanty, honoring a friends' death, recording...forever, Setsuko is alive in well, the Fluff Fest coming out party, idiot jugglers, pandemonium at the money stack, needing punk music to survive, beard scratching moments, League of Legends: The Addiction, quitting music (for a bit), speech therapy, Nate & the Canada tour, LP #2, panini-overload, striving for a shit-era, etc. Bands played in this podcast: Emma Goldman (exclusive song premiere), Jeromes Dream, John Renbourn, John Vanderslice, and Magnog. Listen to podcast #172 which is available to stream and/or download for free via this link.


KID FERAL
Bandcamp


1 Becoming a Pirate
JOHN RENBOURN "When the Wind Begins to Sing" (Vile)
JOHN VANDERSLICE "Time Travel is Lonely" (Dave)


Peak Ability
JEROMES DREAM "Everyday at 3:06" (Vile)
EMMA GOLDMAN "this is your brain on minimum wage" (Dave) *** EXCLUSIVE SONG PREMIERE ***

Breaking Your Voice & Chronic Pain
MAGNOG "Learning Forgetfulness" (Vile)

4 Making Of the New EP and Next LP
~no music

~Dave

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Here's a list of bands that members of KID FERAL have been or are currently in:


Jesper + Jonathan (Former bands) 





Only Jonathan (former bands)



Only Jesper (former bands)






Only Jesper (Current bands)



Vile (former bands)




Wednesday, 18 December 2024

*** VIDEONAUHAT + CLAIRE VOYANCÉ double song premiere ***

VIDEONAUHAT + CLAIRE VOYANCÉ
exclusive double-song premiere

For fans ofAlasVia Fondo and Raein

releases in full December 20th, 2024


     Suspected Of Arson Records has a new compilation releasing this Friday on cassette full of Finnish screamo and by golly it's fucking fantastic. I had the pleasure of listening to all 16 jams and was blown away by the obvious strength of the country's scene. I won't ruin some of the surprises be sure to check out the first double premiere featuring new tracks by Alas and Suite Green here. Before we get to the Videonauhat and Claire Voyancé premieres here's a few words about the compilation from Chris (who also plays in Letterbombs and Piot:

"I’ve been the organizing everything from the start, but I believe it was Eetu (Letterbombs vocalist) who realized that there were enough Finnish screamo bands for a comp. But the idea came from just realizing that Finland had a ton of bands. So yeah, Eetu suggested the comp and someone else mentioned a fest and then people got to work."


(2024) VIDEONAUHAT "Nangijala" (from 'Finnskramz' compilation)

     Featuring ex-members of Polemarch, this is the second track on the comp and it blew me away. I hadn't heard of this band but good lord am I following now. The section at 40 seconds is phenomenal, incorporating whirling riffs, lotsa speed, and great screaming. The rest is like Daitro on speed. Love it.


(2024) CLAIRE VOYANCÉ "A Thousand Year Voyage Guided By Compassion" (from 'Finnskramz' compilation)

This band's most recent EP made my ears perk up and then some, so I was stoked when I got to track 10 I was already salivating. Their jam begins more atmospheric and dark, but soon the fog clears and come 45 seconds let's the light shine through the clouds, with some cool guitar effects at 1:35. This band continues their upward trajectory at a staggering angle.

Sunday, 15 December 2024

SHOGANAI

BandSHOGANAI
For fans ofNuvolascura, Rainmaking, Lord Snow, Mahria, Sonagi, Crowning, Blind Girls, Rayleigh, Heavenly Blue, Terrible As The Dawn, Mondrary, New Forms, and Roman Candle.
GenresPunk / Post-Hardcore / Metallic Hardcore / Mathcore / Emo / Screamo / Skramz
Related artists?.
CountryAustin, Texas USA
Years Active2024-present
Label(s): Self Released

     Holy shit, SHOGANAI seems to have come outta nowhere. Perhaps it has something to do with screamo poppin' the fuck off all over the world (but especially in the US, it seems) or maybe the band lay dormant and this debut EP is their hello. In the end it is of no consequence for this made my brain mush. It's complex, it's beautiful, it's cathartic, and hot damn those vocals fuckin' rock. 'Shoganai' cracked my top 5 EPs of 2024 within a few listens and remains a daily routine for me.

     The self-titled EP houses five tracks of all-killer-no-filler jams (although I must admit I fuck hardest with the final three songs), perhaps bringing Nuvolascura (but slightly less techy), Roman Candle, and Heavenly Blue to mind. The searing vocals appear consistently but really hook on tracks "Carving" and "How I Know You're Gone", while the instrumental highlights occur on "Names and Dates in Concrete" (yummy bowl of noodles) and "Carving" again (reminds me of Crowning's unique style in the first half and a bit o' Capsule in the second). But holy smokes does "Paradise" go the hardest, taking my head clean off at the 30-second mark.

     The ability of the band to make their first five songs this slay this much speaks volumes of the caliber of the members, and any subsequent material will be salivated over by myself and likely lots of others, cuz this is ridiculously good.

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DISCOGRAPHY

2024 - Shoganai digital EP (stream/buy here)

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(2024) SHOGANAI - "Carving" (from 'Soganai')

(2024) SHOGANAI - "How I Know You're Gone" (from 'Soganai')

(2024) SHOGANAI - "Paradise" (from 'Soganai')
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Wednesday, 11 December 2024

*** PODCAST #171 Coup D'état ***


    On the eve of Victoria's three-piece COUP D'ÉTAT's debut release 'What Happens After the Epilogue...' on Tomb Tree and Yetzer Hara Records, I bring you this podcast. I've been watching the band closely since playing with them back in July (post w/videos linked here) and was stoked to find out that there was an incredible local screamo band. Their release show is December 13th, 2024 at Influence Board Shop which I will also be playing, and I'll have tapes and distro items. Back to the podcast though, Raine, Liliana, and Freyja made the hour-plus drive to hang with me in Ladysmith and discuss a myriad of topics including: the good Bad Religion albums, Propagandhi as a religion, drummin' at 3 years old, comedy grindcore is a genre, school of rock...the school, gettin' Sleemed, Screamo Skramz, good taste in powerviolence, the best Converge record, pulling from sass, The Sawtooth Grin worship, emo grind, gettin' gayer, compressing Alexisonfire, tongue placement & the screaming vortex, best records of 2024, communal nachos, etc. Bands played in this podcast: Athousandangelsandseven, Lazer Dim 700, Sunny Day Real Estate, and Xiao. Listen to podcast #171 which is available to stream and/or download for free via this link.



COUP D'ÉTAT
Bandcamp



1 Trajectory Toward Coup D'état
SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE "Seven" (Freyja) [official music video]

Only a Band Since March...wtf
XIAO "Change" (Raine)

A Mathcore Future?
LAZER DIM 700 "Tony dim" (Liliana) [official music video]
*** ATHOUSANDANGELSANDSEVEN "We Suffer (the Same Fate)" (Dave) *** EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE

Real Fake Emo
~no music


~Dave

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COUP D'ÉTAT "New Hampshire Does Not Exist" (live 2024-07-18)



Sunday, 8 December 2024

*** PODCAST #170 Josh Johnson (Vamonos Tapes) ***


    Vamonos Tapes has been making fast work of kicking ass in the DIY world. Founder Josh Johnson has been rockin' ZBR Fest since 2022 and we've had a few years to develop a friendship, so with the recent Gxllium! co-release I figured it was high time to have him on in the most premiere-stacked episode OMSB has ever had. Some things discussed: AJ the Sweet Georgia Peach, incorrect screamo, drumming in Beyond Circuitry, witnessing Hayworth, Evil Dead musical plug, laser cutter life, upcoming ZBR glassware, Holly Caught A Contact High's next release and exclusive song premiere!!!, Pat Snell vs. Malort, winner of the best hot sauce is..., band shoutouts, dream releases, mutual appreciation, etc. Bands played in this podcast: Atomic Ballroom Calamity, Coup D'etat, GreenBlueGrey, Hoari, Holly Caught A Contact High, and Rong. Listen to podcast #170 which is available to stream and/or download for free via this link.


VAMONOS TAPES
Bandcamp

SUNSET LEISURE
Website

1 The Rhode Island Scene
ATOMIC BALLROOM CALAMITY "Aminals" (Josh)

HOARI "Обретение" (Dave)


2 Dominating the Box Scene
*** HOLLY CAUGHT A CONTACT HIGH "Call Rocker Salvage and Ask For Joe" (Josh) *** exclusive premiere

*** GREENBLUEGREY "DEC 01, 2021, 4:30 PM Id like to buy your chairs if you still have them JAN 08, 11:04 PM  I don't have any chair for sale and never did. Sorry." (Dave) *** exclusive premiere


Delving Into Pest Control
RONG "Coincidence" (Josh)

*** COUP D'ÉTAT "[]" (Dave) *** exclusive premiere

~Dave

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Wednesday, 4 December 2024

*** PODCAST #169 Josh (A Recorded Dawn, All That Decays, Hose) ***


    Once I started playing in Mourn Recif and playing shows in Victoria, I became well aware of some of the major players and soldiers of positivity. Josh plays in All That Decays (the first Victoria screamo band we played with), A Recorded Dawn (another emo/post-hardcore band I've played with), as well as Hose (haven't seen them yet, but stoked). Josh is also joining the other band I play in called Wollruss on bass, so he came over for a practice but the power went out, so I moved this already planned podcast up in the que and we banged that out in just over an hour. Some things we touched on: practice by candlelight, Billy Talent and the Canadian Content push, twinkle cringe background story, upcoming splits, naming sick BC bands, Neil Perry The Movie, upcoming shows, better than Raein, favourite albums of 2024, coach whistles, etc. Bands played in this podcast: A Paramount A Love Supreme, Leonardo Decapitated, The Now, and Occam's Razor. Listen to podcast #169 which is available to stream and/or download for free via this link.


A RECORDED DAWN
Instagram

ALL THAT DECAYS
Instagram


1 Canadian Content
LEONARDO DECAPITATED "Over Some Horizon" (Josh)
A PARAMOUNT, A LOVE SUPREME "I Am Young Without Wilderness" (Dave)

2 BC Bands and Screamo in General
OCCAM'S RAZOR "Stopwatch" (Josh)

3 Water vs. Electricity
THE NOW "We Don't Call Him 'Columbine' Because He Wears a Trench Coat, We Call Him 'Columbine' Because He Kills People" (Dave)

~Dave

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Sunday, 1 December 2024

TRUEANDTRUE

BandTRUEANDTRUE
For fans ofIeatheartattacks, As Living Arrows, Sweetheart, Transistor Transistor, Dreamwell, Nikad, La Dispute, Fugazi, Colored Moth, Aviator, and Rye Coalition.
GenresPunk / Post-Rock / Hardcore / Post-Hardcore / Emo / Screamo / Skramz
Related artists?.
CountryOslo NORWAY
Years Active2023-present
Label(s): Self Released

     First things first, why the hell doesn't this band have a Bandcamp page? I found that quite frustrating. They aren't even on Discogs so I assume all of their releases are digital but correct me if I'm wrong.

     Oops, enough complaining. So a friend put me onto this band and I warmed up to them quite quickly. The brooding, sometimes sassy, and always engaging TRUEANDTRUE from Norway sucked me in with their new release 'This Won't Last When You Know the Beginning', a jarring, dancey, and screamy collection of six songs that bring to mind Transistor Transistor, As Living Arrows, Nikad, and Rye Coalition. I then checked out their debut EP 'Back Into Quiet' that was seemingly released the same year, which is both good and inferior. Tracks like "Blindfold" and the single/music video "Erased U" tease at the ends that they gravitate to on the sophomore EP, latching on to soft/heavy dynamics that go from groovy post-hardcore to angular screamo on multiple occasions.

    The band's new endeavor 'This Won't Last When You Know the Beginning' does a better job of experimenting with the band's sound, reaching into both softer and heavier moments which inject even more Jekyll and Hyde to the mix, playing in their favor. Opener "Doomed" showcases that almost gothic/post-punk groove mixed with post-hardcore that I keep referencing, but adds even more layers and includes some nice screamy vocals when the track deeps into the darker moments as well as acting as an occasional backing vocalist. "Pin My Gaze" is the featured song from this album as it got its own music video (embedded below) and follows a similar trajectory to the opening track but doubles the speed and increases the anger, but I still come away thinking the song is pretty positive sounding instrumentally. "Hollowed Out, Pt 1" and "Hollowed Out, Pt 2 (featuring Bugge Wesseloft)" have little in common beside the titles, with the former being a wild merry-go-round and the latter begins lighter than air featuring pianos and vocals before getting demoned hard halfway through. I'd probably argue that the last two songs on this EP are their best, as "Nothing Revealed" and "Watch Me Dance (again)" are the fastest and most screamo songs the band have done and they're fucking awesome, especially with the that ever-present groove in the closer.

     Stoked for the band's next release. Hopefully they'll put it on Bandcamp 😁

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DISCOGRAPHY

2024 - Back Into Quiet digital EP (streaming services linked here)
2024 - This Won't Last When You Know the Beginning digital EP (streaming services linked here)

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(2024) TRUEANDTRUE - "Nothing Revealed" (from 'This Won't Last When You Know the Beginning')

(2024) TRUEANDTRUE - "Watch Me Dance (again)" (from 'This Won't Last When You Know the Beginning')

(2024) TRUEANDTRUE - "Pin My Gaze" (from 'This Won't Last When You Know the Beginning') [official music video]

(2024) TRUEANDTRUE - "Blindfold" (from 'Back Into Quiet')

(2024) TRUEANDTRUE - "Erased U" (from 'Back Into Quiet') [official music video]

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