*** 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)

2 Peak Ability

JEROMES DREAM "Everyday at 3:06" (Vile)

EMMA GOLDMAN "this is your brain on minimum wage" (Dave) *** EXCLUSIVE SONG PREMIERE ***

3 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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PODCAST #172 linked here

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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) 

Öken

Oppnedkors

Hardar

Only Jonathan (former bands)

Astraal

Only Jesper (former bands)

Wlots

Ikaros

MMK

Vilse

Only Jesper (Current bands)

Communal Violence

Vile (former bands)

Newman

An anecdote

Ett turbulent liv

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

VIDEONAUHAT + CLAIRE VOYANCÉ

exclusive double-song premiere

For fans of: Alas, Via Fondo and Raein

Suspected Of Arson Records Facebook

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)

https://youtu.be/zPKnTp2fmas

     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)

https://youtu.be/OseuFN_jZSg

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.

SHOGANAI

Band: SHOGANAI
For fans of: Nuvolascura, Rainmaking, Lord Snow, Mahria, Sonagi, Crowning, Blind Girls, Rayleigh, Heavenly Blue, Terrible As The Dawn, Mondrary, New Forms, and Roman Candle.
Genres: Punk / Post-Hardcore / Metallic Hardcore / Mathcore / Emo / Screamo / Skramz

Related artists: ?.
Country: Austin, Texas USA
Years Active: 2024-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')

https://youtu.be/RrIuBKL1bb4

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

https://youtu.be/9HVVWMHTlKg

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

https://youtu.be/iFgUe02eJms

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