A solid debut from San Diego’s newest hardcore outfit SUBVERSIVE INTENT. Plenty of speed and leads on top of leads call to mind SoCal legends BATTALION OF SAINTS. Better than average production pushes this one past usual demo fare, making it more than worth a listen. Check out “Payaso” and “Weathervane.”
San Diego’s SUBVERSIVE INTENT deals with fast, stomping hardcore, and they do a great job at it. They go for a NEGATIVE APPROACH, CARRY ON, and PUNCH kind of sound, with just enough youth crew bounce to keep every moment memorable. With a punchy production, SUBVERSIVE INTENT keeps it short, pissed, and loaded with hooks. The kind of record that’ll get rinsed a dozen times before you even realize that you’ve been listening for two hours.
A superior post-punk—or is it “positive punk”—record from England’s MARCH VIOLETS. They’ve got an innovative guitar style, and a knack for writing rhythmic, up-tempo songs with interesting structures. “Snake Dance” is an exceptional tune not equaled by the flip.
I feel burned, Jack, cuz three-quarters of this friggin’ thing is the old singles, and if they wanna keep breaking new ground with their collective pinkys, then my green’ll be clinging wallet-side cuz their last single sounded like fuckin’ X anyway.
