Mmmm, I just LOVE jam. More jam please Mummy.
It’s been a while since I posted some quick-fire nuggets of MDG “wisdom” about my week in music rather than hundreds of words of self-indulgent waffle about a single record.
As always, I’ve veered from one extreme to the other.
From the metallic hardcore cacophony of Converge and Trap Them to the twisted Lynchian torch songs of Lana Del Rey with a dash of dank death from Miasma.
It’s been a good week.
Death to the porcine scum!
Why am I so obsessed with Southern Lord-core? It makes me feel strong. This ferocious noise is a lightning bolt to a weary soul. Like a line of Columbia’s finest, it’s a jolt to the nervous system like no other.
So to All Pigs Must Die. Their self-titled debut EP was one of my sleeper records of 2010.
Nails - Unsilent Death
I’m still not quite sure what to make of this odd little debut from SoCal band Nails. The 10 songs of Unsilent Death flash by in 13 minutes 48 seconds – in your face Slayer and Napalm Death!
Indeed the instant velocity achieved by 32-second opener Conform recalls Scum-era Napalm Death and surely track titles like Scum Will Rise and Suffering Soul are nods to that seminal slab of grind.
Unsilent Death is not grindcore, although there are moments that certainly come close.
As these feedback-linked songs unfold, there are moments of brief respite where Nails simply groove.
Coliseum - No Salvation
I’ve heard Coliseum’s name around the traps for a while. They recently headlined a recent gig at Camden’s Underworld with Kvelertak, which I was gutted to miss due to boring grown-up responsibilities. Until today, I’d never got past the first track of their 2007 opus No Salvation, dismissing it as pedestrian and boringly growly.
Monkey Defies Gravity 