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EKGs Jealous as Fuck cassette

Covering “Jealous Again” the song wasn’t enough—Pittsburgh hardcore smashers EKGS covered the artwork of the classic EP as well. There’s five original blasts of excellent blunt-force punk here too, but just in case you weren’t convinced of how deeply inspired the band was, they close it out with a cover of “Let Your Fingers Do the Walking.” Yep, a cover of a spoken word track from Family Man. Bet you weren’t expecting that on the follow-up to last year’s blistering self-titled tape.

EKGs EKGs cassette

Damn, these guys are pissed. Like, really pissed. I’ll tread carefully with this review, because I wouldn’t want to make enemies with Pittsburgh’s EKGS. Neither should you. Their 2025 self-titled cassette is an explosive display of uncontrollable rage condensed into twelve minutes of hearing damage. Relentless drums that are hell-bent on drawing blood, nasty guitar riffs drenched in ear-piercing feedback, growling bass with enough horsepower to back everything up, and one of my absolute favorite vocal performances in recent memory…this album truly has everything I want out of a hardcore release. But you know what it lacks? Anger-management. Nope, not a smidge of it to be found. This tape managed to amaze and intimidate me the way CHARLES BRONSON’s Youth Attack! did, inarguably changing the trajectory of my taste for pissed-off music. What else could I ever want?