SOUTH, THE

Band: THE SOUTH

Genres: Punk / Hardcore / Screamo
Related artists: Environmental Youth Crunch and Tubers.
Country: Jacksonville, Florida USA
Years Active: 2001?-2005?
Song: "D is for Desruct-Icon"
Album: "Sic Pits Bro Sesh"
Year: 2003
For fans of: Hugs, Sutek Conspiracy, Twelve Hour Turn, Occam's Razor, Helen Of Troy, Kobra Khan, For Want Of, Khayembii Communique, Bravo Fucking Bravo, This Flood Covers The Earth, Jiyuna, and They Found My Naked Corpse Face Down In The Snow aka PROPER SCREAMO.

Label(s): Self Released / Dead Tank Records / The Perpetual Motion Machine / Square Of Opposition Records / Hate The 80s Records
This post's artist is from the November 2015 Mix. This is track #9.

You can download: the January Mix#1 right here or get the new February 2016 Mix#2 here.

THE SOUTH were a band I stumbled across while purchasing everything I could from The Perpetual Motion Machine label back in the mid 2000s. They played a dirty, loose and screamy hardcore style not far from Hugs, Occam's Razor and Bravo Fucking Bravo. The instrumentals are nothing mindblowing but when combined with the cacophony of screaming everything just sits right. The best song they ever wrote (that I've heard) is "Boxing for Courbet" from the 'Hypatia split' LP that sounds much akin to Mesa Verde. The song that was the catalyst for this post is called "D is for Desruct-Icon" from the 'Sic Pits Bro Sesh' 7" that I picked up about a decade ago. The song is quite reminiscent of bands such as Twelve Hour Turn and Khayembii Communique. I finally got my ears wrapped around the 'Chomp Chomp Chomp' 12"LP and after a few listens I can say that it's among their best work. The screaming is at its most raw and I absolutely love the inclusion of audio clips from documentaries that really help the political messages in the songs hit home.

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DISCOGRAPHY
Click )==>here<==( to download the band's 7" and split 12" in mp3 form.

2002 - Chomp Chomp Chomp 12"LP

2003 - Pacific cdrEP (does anyone have this?!?!?!)
2003 - Sic Pits Bro Sesh 7"EP

2004 - Hypatia split 12"LP

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(2004) THE SOUTH - "Boxing for Courbet" (from 'Hypatia' split)

(2003) THE SOUTH - "D is for Desruct-Icon" (from 'Sick Pits Bro Sesh')

(2002) THE SOUTH - "Squeave It!" (from 'Chomp! Chomp! Chomp!')

(2002) THE SOUTH - "The Foundations of America Were Built on Religious Fascism and Dinosaurs" (from 'Chomp! Chomp! Chomp!')

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THE SOUTH out of print 7" ep + 12" split + 12" lp mp3 download

(download here)

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