Another Fucking Problem

Reviews

Another Fucking Problem Are We Making You Sick? cassette

Classic pissed-off hardcore from New Zealand. ANOTHER FUCKING PROBLEM pulls from the same fast and emotionally overloaded space as early CEREMONY and PUNCH, but with an angrier edge that pushes everything into new territory. Very political and very hostile. Short blasts of power and riffs sharpened down to splinters that stab at the enemy. Even when the band gets technically tight, the recording keeps things raw and furious. It has that real DIY hardcore energy where the urgency matters more than precision. The whole EP sounds anxious, over caffeinated, and ready to crack. I wonder if they lifted their band name from the COKE BUST song? I bet they did!

Another Fucking Problem Sunburnt Earth cassette

This one feels like (sounds like) a time machine dragging me back to pre-stadium-crust melodic, political D-beat bands from the turn of the century. ANOTHER FUCKING PROBLEM aren’t rehashing the past, though—check the middle of the title track to see (hear) a band using their own influences to influence a proven formula, and then hear them form brutal metallic breakdowns in “Never Knew Their Names” to know that they’re taking the listener out of a comfort zone. Blistering, bombastic hardcore with sinister femme vocals and a predilection for molding the sonic process to their own needs.