Australian punk is in point of fact hitting at the moment, with such a lot of nice bands to hear it’ll make your head spin. Bands like HACKER, PHANTASM, ENZYME, VAMPIRE and NO FUTURE are making for a colourful, various, and satisfyingly gnarly scene that merits your consideration.
This brings us to SHOVE, a band who incessantly play displays along the aforementioned and whose wildly rabid unmarried “Extra” from closing yr has had me eagerly looking forward to extra new song from the Melbourne based-band. The ones desperately barked vocals and wild rubbery bass traces gave me immediate stank-face, and as of late I’m glad to document that their new LP “Company” supplies 13 tracks (together with “Extra”) of the similar intestine punching hardcore punk that were given me hooked.
Opener “King Diamond” is an ideal instance of what to anticipate from the lawsuits, that includes extra of the nasty bass discussed previous, along haywire guitar freakouts and powerhouse drumming that squares you up and bashes you within the jaw. This album is overwhelming in one of the simplest ways conceivable, as every observe has the similar wound up momentum that that makes for a satisfyingly cohesive concentrate, all held in combination through lead singer Bella’s ferocious supply that jogs my memory of Chicago’s STRESS POSITIONS. The album’s write up mentions that lyrically those are songs coping with “an international dominated through revolting indifference and oppressive violence”, and whilst no longer all the time decipherable you’ll completely really feel the disappointment coming throughout the audio system.
Sonically some favourite moments come with the mid-paced intro of “Hearth”, the screeching fury of “Denial”, and nearer “Bored”, which is unusually catchy and sees the bass and drums lock into MOTÖRHEAD-mode. All stated despite the fact that, I’ve to offer my favourite observe award to “T.D.T”, whose anxiety-inducing buildup swiftly morphs right into a riff-heavy monster that had me banging my head with the similar stank face that “Extra” gave me the primary time I heard it.
So there you’ve got it, any other title so as to add to the ever-growing listing of Aussie punk bands completely crushing it at the moment. For those who’re in a position to, make sure you catch SHOVE reside and within the period in-between select up “Company”, to be had now via Drunken Sailor Information and Rack Off Information.
