Wednesday 31 May 2023

*** EXCRUCIS exclusive song premiere ***

EXCRUCIS
"One Must Make A Living"
exclusive song premiere


For fans ofBlind Girls, Dianacrawls, I Hate SexThese Arms Are Snakes, and Oathbreaker

orders open June 30th, 2023 at 9am PST

     Born from the ashes of Chicago bands such as Nouveau and Not For You, EXCRUCIS sent me their demo recordings a few months back and I was stoked. After hearing the masters and gettin' these tapes ordered for Tomb Tree I became ecstatic. Ecstatic for Excucis? Yep. This four-piece plays simultaneously destructive and dancey hardcore/screamo (not unlike Dianacrawls) with a lot of variety and jarring transitions (not unlike These Arms Are Snakes). Their 9-song, self-titled album comes out on June 30th via Tomb Tree and it's fucking great. You can jam the opener below...and what an opener!!!

(2023) EXCRUCIS "One Must Make A Living" (from 'Excrucis')

     Clocking in at 1:28, "One Must Make A Living" wastes little-to-no time in capturing the listener's attention in the way jarring thunder is both terrifying and wonderful. Feedback leads into a bass wallop and Linda's incredible shrieking. So, after seeing Linda in Not For You I knew they'd be a sick screamo vocalist...but holy shit did they seriously exceed my expectations! The wild, torn cries flip between ear-shattering screams and sassy spoken word with some slight crooning. There's also very cool guitar progressions and the drums are fucking commanding, and that doesn't just go for this track, the entire EP sounds like this. June 30th, baby!!!

ADDITIONAL LINKS & WHATNOT

Not For You playing in Hamilton 2016
https://youtu.be/PKXVtG_lhII

Nouveau playing in Hamilton 2016
https://youtu.be/qZ1JlzjQync

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