Scrapyard

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Scrapyard Scrapyard CD

New Jersey’s SCRAPYARD plays hardcore with a strange amount of swing in its bones. There’s plenty of straight ’80s punk here—the guitars keep wandering into wiry, melodic shapes in the vein of early POISON IDEA, but carrying some of that same sense that punk riffs can bend, move, and get a little weird without losing their bite. Then come these odd cadences that almost feel pulled from blues, only sped up, roughed up, and shoved through an ’80s hardcore band. Fourteen songs and enough variation in the guitar work to keep the whole thing from turning into another retro HC exercise. Raw, catchy, slightly crooked. This one has character.

SCRAPYARD, desde New Jersey, hace hardcore con una cantidad bastante rara de swing metido en los huesos. Hay mucho punk ochentoso directo, pero las guitarras se desvían constantemente hacia formas filosas y melódicas—en la vena áspera de un joven POISON IDEA, pero con algo de esa misma idea de que un riff punk puede doblarse, moverse y ponerse un poco raro sin perder la mordida. Después aparecen unas cadencias extrañas que por momentos parecen sacadas del blues, sólo que aceleradas, ensuciadas y metidas a la fuerza dentro de una banda de hardcore de los ’80s. Son catorce temas y hay suficiente variedad en las guitarras para que esto no termine siendo otro ejercicio de hardcore retro. Crudo, pegadizo y ligeramente torcido. Este tiene personalidad.

Scrapyard Demo 2024 cassette

From the basements of New Jersey comes SCRAPYARD, a straightforward hardcore outfit swinging with all the urgency of classic punk. Pure punk energy with no filler! While the original tracks showcase the band’s blend of USHC with Oi!, the standout cover of “No Return” is a tribute to the classic UK punk band ONE WAY SYSTEM, showing respect for tradition with their own twist. SCRAPYARD’s Demo 2024 is a brief but potent debut. A perfect teaser of what’s to come from this energetic crew.