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Wednesday, 15 March 2023

PODCAST #112 Hetta

What was my favourite release of 2022? Well it was HETTA's 'Headlights' of course! After releasing it on tape I hooked up with them again for a brand new thing coming out in less than a month. Then the entire band did a podcast with me. So that's where we're at. I love HETTA. Holy shit. Also in this podcast: the difficulty of finding a band name and the meaning of "hetta", an At The Drive In tangent, the effects of Led Zeppelin and Guns'N'Roses, the formation of HETTA, peculiar hiatuses, 'Headlights' reception and the Bandcamp Daily feature, how much is too much for digital releases?, the brand new 4-way split that releases April 10th and how the songs differ from the debut EP, the Life In Vacuum split that almost happened, what's next, etc. Bands played in this podcast: Bain De Sang, Borf, Bright Calm Blue, Fuyajoh, Hallam Foe, I Have Feelings, Linger, and The Only Traces Left Of Sunken Ships. Listen to podcast #112 which is available to stream and/or download for free via this link.

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1 Two Sides of Punk

BORF "State" (Simão)

BAIN DE SANG "death trap" (Dave)

2 The Formation of Hetta

I HAVE FEELINGS "Fuegote" (João)

FUYAJOH "Blue Gaze" (Dave)

3 'Headlights' Reception

LINGER "Grave Pact For The Meek" (João)

HALLAM FOE "Kemungkinan Mungkin Memungkinkan" (Dave)

4 The New 4-Way Split!!!

THE ONLY TRACES LEFT OF SUNKEN SHIPS "I Always Die At The End" (Alex)

BRIGHT CALM BLUE "A Tongue to Taste [demo version]" (Dave)

~Dave

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PODCAST #112 linked here

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Monday, 6 March 2023

* PODCAST #111 Drew Slavik (See You Next Tuesday) *

SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY (known as SYNT for the rest of this post) returned just last week with a brand new record after a decade-long release silence. So speaking to founding member/guitarist Drew Slavik was a no-fuck-brainer. To hear the trajectory of his life leading up to and obviously including SYNT is a helluva journey. I wanted to note that it's extra cool to have a podcast with someone you've never talked to and come out of it with a new friend, as is definitely the feeling I have here. Thanks Drew!!! Also in this podcast: too much snow and being a postal worker, metal over hardcore, second-wave of myspace, Botch reunion, praising Victor Wooten and the double-thumb, double saxophone solos, pre-SYNT bands Alagon and Point Of Delay, learning guitar, the beginning of SYNT, signing to Ferret, personal and stylistic shifts, getting dirty, dominos of shit leading to hiatus, screamo crossover and props to Envy, overcoming demons and swimming in sobriety, future plans, etc. Bands played in this podcast: Billy Strings, Louise Cyphre, Manelli Jamal, Trauma Bond, Venns, and Wiegedood. Listen to podcast #111 which is available to stream and/or download for free via this link.

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1 I hear something simple in something that is complex.

BILLY STRINGS "Turmoil & Tinfoil" (Drew)

MANELI JAMAL "Mov. I - Norym" (Dave)

2 Musical Circus

TRAUMA BOND "A Hollow Bed Awaits" (Drew)

VENNS "Foul" (Dave) -> music video linked here!!!!!!!!!!!!

3 In the Ferret Nest

WIEGEDOOD "Carousel" (Drew)

LOUISE CYPHRE "Never Stop" (Dave)

4 'Distractions' From Demons
~no music

~Dave

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PODCAST #111 linked here

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Thursday, 2 March 2023

KING'S GIRLS

Band: KING'S GIRLS
Genres: Punk / Hardcore / Post-Hardcore / Emo / Screamo / Skramz / Emo-violence

Related artists: Frail Hands, Bluebird, Proper Suggestions, Unreal Thought, Washing Machine.

Country: Halifax, Nova Scotia CANADA
Years Active: 2013-2014
For fans of: Blind Girls, Pique, Sometimes Walking Sometimes Running, Tunes For Bears To Dance To, Heisse, Hawak, Matsuri, Innards, Conrad Veidt, Caught In The Fall, Eyes Of Verotika, Cape Light, Angry Son, 5000, Beau Navire, (early) Loma Prieta, Jeromes Dream, Senza, Commuovere, Aokigahara and Gossip.

Label(s): Self Released / Parking Lot Records / Pint Sized Records / Aught Void

KING'S GIRLS made a quick entry and exit from the screamo/emo-violence scene back in 2013-2014 when this blog first began, so I've been well aware for quite some time, but after failing to get an okay to do a discography tape I think it's time to share the band through this medium instead.

The four-piece play jangly, noodley, playful, feedback-soaked, screamy, emo-violence jams over two EPs. The early stuff from 'Numbers' is much more shrieky emo-violence with the final EP 'King's Girls' being closer to Matsuri, Tunes For Bears To Dance To, and Pique. The latter even has a Death Note reference.

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DISCOGRAPHY

2013 - Numbers cassetteEP (stream/donate/download here)

2014 - King's Girls digitalEP (stream/donate/download here)

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(2014) KING'S GIRLS - "jake" (from 'King's Girls')