Code Orange Kids - Cycles (2011)

When I was eighteen I had no idea what my musical voice was or even how to execute it with any kind of maturity and professionalism. That's obviously not a problem for Code Orange Kids. Fresh out of High School, these guys and gal write and play songs as if they've been doing it forever. Even though it appears seasoned, Cycles still has a very youthful pulse to it. This is definitely not a rehash of the old and tired. It's simple... this E.P. kills. It is violent and filthy, affirming and destructive. Combining Converge and Cursed-esque tones, D-beat feel, and a Spazz/Torche attention span, Code Orange Kids craft an onslaught of hardcore that's pretty "top of the food chain". It's pretty easy to understand this band's relatively meteoric rise through the underground ranks. Look out for their split 7" with Full of Hell coming out on Topshelf Records soon and their full length coming out in the near future through Deathwish Inc. Yep...Jacob already snatched 'em up. That should tell you something.

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Loma Prieta- I.V. (2012)

As I continue to get super pumped to see Converge in a tiny ass club again, I cant help but focus on their opening acts. This show is going to be ridiculous! Next we have Loma Prieta. I've been pretty stoked on this band for a bit now. Just ask Pat how many times I've asked him if he's listen to this record yet...hint: every time. Ferocious and sublime. Those two words sum it up for me. Ferocious is obvious, but sublime, sublime is really in the sense that it simultaneously takes me back and is pushing towards the future. Restoring my hope that their are people who are passionate about music and have an understanding that in order to progress you must know where you come from. These young guns really did their homework. Channeling every thing that's good about hardcore and spewing it forth with such vitriol and abandon, Loma Prieta's I.V. is a masterwork of modern hardcore. These gentlemen know how to do and do it really well! The long and the short of it is: Dude's, you have to listen to this shit!

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