*** 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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*** 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]

2 Only a Band Since March...wtf

XIAO "Change" (Raine)

3 A Mathcore Future?

LAZER DIM 700 "Tony dim" (Liliana) [official music video]

*** ATHOUSANDANGELSANDSEVEN "We Suffer (the Same Fate)" (Dave) *** EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE

4 Real Fake Emo

~no music

~Dave

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PODCAST #171 linked here

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

*** 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

3 Delving Into Pest Control

RONG "Coincidence" (Josh)

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

~Dave

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PODCAST #170 linked here

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*** 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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PODCAST #169 linked here

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TRUEANDTRUE

Band: TRUEANDTRUE
For fans of: Ieatheartattacks, As Living Arrows, Sweetheart, Transistor Transistor, Dreamwell, Nikad, La Dispute, Fugazi, Colored Moth, Aviator, and Rye Coalition.
Genres: Punk / Post-Rock / Hardcore / Post-Hardcore / Emo / Screamo / Skramz

Related artists: ?.
Country: Oslo NORWAY
Years Active: 2023-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')

https://youtu.be/V73REscd_aE

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

https://youtu.be/dUb_s1sPiQY

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

https://youtu.be/dU_fG-5h6gQ

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

https://youtu.be/Sps62upc6dM

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

https://youtu.be/xAZQ5pI5Nnk

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*** PODCAST #168 Hillsboro pt.2 ***

    As the dust settles from the new HILLSBORO ep 'White Trash' I figured it was time to bring my friends Nima and Dexter back on for a sequel podcast! Dexter plays violin in the band, while Nima sings and plays guitar as well as spends time in a band with me called Wollruss. We speak about a plethora of ridiculous things including (but certainly not limited to): post-tour blues, Oliver and the constant chill, recording the next album, racks falling on people, Nima the Wild Man, guitars can be spears, the screamo ladder, "are we getting serial-killed tonight?", improper drumkit etiquette, spirits inhabiting tuners, good shoegaze characteristics, the dissolving of genres, screamo incubation, Play Dead Records, etc. Bands played in this podcast: All Done Bye Bye, Urika's Bedroom, and Who Calls So Loud. Listen to podcast #168 which is available to stream and/or download for free via this link.

HILLSBORO

Bandcamp

Podcast pt.1

Bandcamp

'White Trash' cassettes

Bandcamp

1 A Party In Your Name (maybe)

URIKA'S BEDROOM "Circle Games" (Dexter)

2 Touring California

ALL DONE BYE BYE "You Won!" (Dave)

3 Skramz Awakenings

WHO CALLS SO LOUD "Assume the Power Focus" (Nima)

~Dave

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PODCAST #168 linked here

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*** PODCAST #167 Henning (Återstod, Suis La Lune, Sore Eyelids) ***

    Henning Runolf has been indirectly in my life for over two decades and I've been in touch with him for the latter of two, so when he hit me up a few months back with a brand spankin' new project for me to help release (Återstod), I figured it was high time to get him on the podcast. He has spent time in a plethora of bands including (but not limited to): Återstod, Suis La Lune, Trembling Hands, Sore Eyelids, New Decade, left in-between, Mixtapes & Cellmates, etc. and has an amazing/unique style of writing that comes across in all of his bands. We discussed some of those bands as well as: falling in love with KISS, sounding old as shit, tiny radars, pop vs. screamo, the Trachimbrod/Sore Eyelids split, coming to the USA for the first time, obscure EPs, Henning's new screamo project Återstod, Dave butchers band names, Japanese shoegaze, underrated German emo-violence, etc. Bands played in this podcast: The Bear Quartet, Julie, Lachance, Plastic Trees, Storm The Bastille, and Trachimbrod. Listen to podcast #167 which is available to stream and/or download for free via this link.

SUIS LA LUNE

Bandcamp

SORE EYELIDS

Bandcamp

TREMBLING HANDS

Bandcamp

1 A Project for Every Genre

THE BEAR QUARTET "Ask Me Don't Axe Me" (Henning)

TRACHIMBROD "Medskyldighet" (Dave)

2 The Suis La Lune Years

STORM THE BASTILLE "Endless/Back Again" (Henning)

LACHANCE "Don't Bitch Me Out - Part Two" (Dave)

3 New Screamo Project!

PLASTIC TREES "みらいいろ" (Henning)

JULIE "Catalogue" (Dave)

~Dave

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PODCAST #167 linked here

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*** NINE NECKS exclusive song premiere ***

NINE NECKS

"Laid to Rest"
exclusive song premiere

For fans of: Horsewhip, Lockslip, Terror Cell and The Minor Times

Bandcamp

     NINE NECKS are a heavy post-hardcore/metallic hardcore band with a fresh coat of screaming. Active in Los Angeles though all of the members originally hail from Chicago and were active in that scene in the early 2000s, I am ecstatic to bring you their first single from the upcoming EP which was produced by Alex Estrada (Touche Amore, Joyce Manor) at Pale Moon Ranch. It releases spring 2025, featuring Dan Rees, Joe Hunt, along with brothers Patrick and Matt Bellanger rounding out this quartet of destruction. Jam that shit below, it fucking slaps.

(2024) NINE NECKS "Laid to Rest"

https://youtu.be/WqoWiJw3Mds

     Beginning with dissonant guitars, cymbals, and screaming, the song toys with the listener for the first 30 seconds before absolutely laying waste to the listener. The instrumentals begin to bounce and the vocals slip down to a deeper level of hell, making the bombastic display of metallic hardcore all that much more devastating. Fuck to the yes.

*** PODCAST #166 Rex Kwon Do ***

    After hearing REX KWON DO's demo EP I shit my pants. So messy. After changing I asked the group of six if they'd be interested in coming on the podcast...and here we are. These guys literally killed that demo and I cannot wait to see what this new material sounds like. A few topics touched upon in this podcast: seven people on one call is a lot of people, stealing Diego's laptop, Neil Perry cover, Tinder for bandmates, dropbox full of bangers, Dr. Pepper as a recording tool, new material, breakdown bomb blowin' speakers, best albums of 2024, Gxllium! ruins brains, etc. Bands played in this podcast: A Black Rose Burial, As Blood Runs Black, Far From Forgiven, Foundations, The Jacka, Loftus, and Roy Blair. Listen to podcast #166 which is available to stream and/or download for free via this link.

REX KWON DO

Bandcamp

1 Apologizing to those on public transit

FAR FROM FORGIVEN "Three" (Vinny)

FOUNDATIONS "The Sound of Arson" (Danny)

2 Dude where's Diego? Someone call Bartman

A BLACK ROSE BURIAL "A Baleful Aura in the Graveyard of Broken Gears" (Darren)

AS BLOOD RUNS BLACK "My Fears Have Become Phobias" (Diego)

3 More math, more mosh

THE JACKA "Get Out There" (Dio)

ROY BLAIR "Perfume" (Kevin) [official music video]

LOFTUS "Crusty" (Dave)

~Dave

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PODCAST #166 linked here

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HOARI

Band: HOARI
For fans of: Euglena, Converge, Hexis, Plebian Grandstand, Rorcal, Malevich, Ashoka's Hell, Closet Witch, Cult Leader, R.Josef, Still, Lamantide, We Are Among Storms, Litany For The Whale, Anodyne, Trainwreck, Lentic Waters, and Crossed.
Genres: Punk / Chaotic Hardcore / Post-Metal / Metal / Metalcore / Metallic Hardcore / Math Metal / Mathcore / Grindcore / Noise / Black Metal

Related artists: Euglena, Wowod, Cross Bringer, КОЛЧАК, and Follow The White Rabbit.

Country: Saint Petersburg RUSSIA
Years Active: 2022-present

Label(s): Self Released

     My friend Artemy from Lucidity/Smile To The Wind fame recently sent me this album and it made my fucking jaw drop...just like today's USA election results. Said results have put my mental state into disarray and the only remedy I can think of right now is listening to something as livid as I am. Enter HOARI. Their debut EP consists of six absolutely devastating chaotic hardcore tracks that'll have you smacking your own head on the table over and over again, thus hopefully knocking out the memory of Trump becoming a U.S. dictator (at least for a few seconds).

     The songs mildly resemble stuff heard in Euglena as they share at least one member, which means the songs are fast, chaotic, change direction quickly, and straight up fucking slay. Opener "26.17.1.4.1" isn't the best track to get acquainted with the band as it serves as an eerie instrumental introduction to the chaos that ensues upon starting "Обретение". This second track wastes no time in letting you know that they ain't fucking around, with wild, frantic, and unrestrained instrumentals paired with dual screaming from some of sickest vocalists around. "Гвозди Гнева" is 1:19 of unhinged, blackened, chaotic hardcore that rushes violently into "В Объятиях Бездны", another banger but with more instrumental fuckery and flourishes of the obtuse, with a final 30 seconds that will bring your mom to tears. "Единое Целое" deserved it's very own music video (embedded below) and gives me a "Fault and Fracture" by Converge kinda vibe. Closer "Церемония" is by far the lengthiest track (seven minutes and change, almost four minutes longer than any other song) and dips into the darkest aspects of the band, stretching the crushing nightmare out to last all night.

     I don't know if they have physicals or more material coming, but I am foaming at the mouth over here.

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DISCOGRAPHY

2024 - Hoari EP (stream/download/donate here)

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(2024) HOARI - "Единое Целое" (from 'Hoari') [official music video]

https://youtu.be/PihkMcR-ljA

(2024) HOARI - "Обретение" (from 'Hoari')

https://youtu.be/sL_z41I0dLg

(2024) HOARI - "Церемония" (from 'Hoari')

https://youtu.be/LjXOKpaVxaA

*** PODCAST #165 Mason (Senza, Caesura, John McClane) ***

photo by Bret Backus

    I've been tight with SENZA since their split days back in 2017 or so. Having seen them live a few times (including ZBR Fest 2019 and 2024) and on the heels of the band's new EP 'Celestial Body' it was high time to chat with my pal Mason (drums). We ran through a bunch of stuff including but not limited to: rocking clarinet & sucking ass at tuba, Tim gets sad, Senza the Melee Band, Peak Beau, the collective shitting of pants, best review ever, upcoming split 7" info, The Caution Children goes atmospheric black metal, pleading with Gxllium!, best breakdown of all time...?, top LPs/EPs of 2024, etc. Bands played in this podcast: Agriculture, Beau Navire, Faraquet, Meet Me In St. Louis, Rex Kwon Do, and Snoras. Listen to podcast #165 which is available to stream and/or download for free via this link.

SENZA

Bandcamp

1 Clarinet, Drums, Clarinet, Drums

MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS "I Am Champagne, You Are Shit" (Mason)

FARAQUET "Call It Sane" (Dave)

2 Shrimp Chat

SNORAS "Mosaic Devours" (Mason)

BEAU NAVIRE "One So Illusive" (Dave)

3 You Can Really Tell That You Guys Love Each Other

AGRICULTURE "Living is Easy" (Mason)

REX KWON DO "Don't Let the Door Hit You Where the Good Lord Split Ya" (Dave)

~Dave

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PODCAST #165 linked here

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'Celestial Body' 12"s

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