Nutrition

Nutrition 8 Song EP

Originally released by Neon Taste on cassette, this wiry and efficient grip of tracks has been remastered for sweet merciful vinyl. I love when a group can strip down to the bare essentials, and this is a perfect example of doing as much with as little as possible. Guitars stay clean, bass is not too flashy but holds it down, the drums gallop, and the vocals are beautifully unhinged and kept out in front in the mix. It’s hard to put in a corner of genre, but it has the intensity of hardcore and the tunefulness of jangly original recipe punk. More good stuff out of British Columbia, and kind of a perfect treat of a 7″.

• Reviewer Luke Henley
• Label Plastic Roundie
• Issue MRR #515 • April 2026

Nutrition No EP

The chair featured on the cover of this Vancouver band’s record is the kind you typically see in welfare offices, police stations, and low-rent business waiting areas. The off-putting nature of this visual fits the existential displeasure that is the springboard for NUTRITION’s agitated grown-up punk. The band’s sound is pretty appetizing, delivering a dense and jangly sort of post-hardcore with a spirited vocal performance and even a whiff of HANK WOOD influence. As promised, there’s some sustenance here, but this aggressively pessimistic platter of short songs is a hearty snack at best.

• Reviewer Jason Harding
• Label Neon Taste
• Issue MRR #452 • January 2021