HISTAMINE Quality of Life LP
Quality debut LP for this Australian band. Punk-centered, stompy-as-fuck hardcore that is drenched in the echoes of the vocals to an interesting/unique effect. The band also manages to sprinkle some metal leads and unexpected melodic moments throughout the duration to keep shit from getting boring. I’m a big fan of this type of hardcore being produced largely and cleanly, and it does a killer job of filling out the sound here. Convulse is on roll of releasing HC punk in this vein recently, and they snagged a winner with HISTAMINE. Could have used a little more variety in the slim fifteen-ish-minute runtime, but that’s a nitpick; solid hardcore is always welcome.