So I decided to make a seperate blog strictly for Musical related posts.
First up a review/writeup of the new Devour LP on Sorry State Records.
If you don’t know Devour is the 2/3rds of Cross Laws that didn’t go to turkmenistan along with a couple of familiar faces from the Raleigh area. On the LP they rip out 7 intense tracks. The tracks have everything you would want, punk, hardcore, metal, it’s all there. The whole thing is very thick and heavy with a dual guitar assault. You can hear lots of japanese influence along with some crust/d beat and us hardcore bands(definitely a poison idea feel to some of the songs). Lots of good time changes and ripping solos. If you like any kind of heavy music you will love this band.
The Lp starts out with Not So Pleasant Valley, what seems to be a story of the average person, living only to work not making any connections with those around them. The song ends with the lyrics “We’re All Boxed In” repeated several times and then ending on a trailing almost desperate sounding scream of “But WHY?”. One of the more intense and powerful endings i’ve heard in a while, a definite Fuck You to fade outs. I feel i need to comment on It Smells Like Piss In Here because the beginning of it is just pure power. Seeing the beginning of this song live is an experience in itself. There’s no way you can listen to it and not want to just bang your head along with the slow droning. Then when the song breaks in at full speed it’s enough to snap necks. The B Side starts out lo-fi and then with a crazy squeal of the guitar comes in full force into Crawling Out, which has been one of my favorite to see live. The final song Useless Ruin is a good one because it ends in chaos, again a live show favorite. If anyone happened to see Devour play at Bull City HQ with Government Warning then you probably know this song since it’s the one that resulted in Daniel’s Guitar being smashed and him running around while everyone else droned on. It also led to the great picture on the front cover of the LP taken by Neal Mims. On top of awesome songs the LP comes with other goodies. There are 100 copies which include silk screened covers, a giant foldout poster, lyrics sheet, a cd including the LP and a lot of bonus material, and a sticker. All 100 are on white vinyl. Go to Sorry State Records to get a copy.
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