Hira Hira - We.Are.All.Xray.Pricks.No Talent.Fuck.Off.

Hira Hira
Screamo/Post Hardcore

1. Mouths Full of Calves Blood
2. Falling Disease
3. Over and Out
4. Invisible Animals
5. Dim City Lights
6. The Last Orders of Captain Mumbles 




I have an awful habit of trying to sing along to bands that, by all measurable means, you shouldn't be able to sing along to. And if you shouldn't do it, the rule applies double for me. Hira Hira are one of those bands that don't exactly write delightful shanties or a-yo-ho-ho, but evoke a kind of passion and enjoyment that gets you screaming along (even if you really, really shouldn't.)

I first heard these guys when I walked into a punk festival that I was almost certain was going to be all Oi and At the Rawk Show, and heard the severed end of Mouths Full of Calves Blood. The curiously heavy broken rhythm caught my attention, but when the group shouted "WHAT FOR THEN?!" I responded by politely dropping my shit and running to try and catch the rest of the show. Unfortunately, I was late, and that was their last song. What for, indeed.

Where I'm going with that anecdote is that I literally heard a minute and a half of music from afar, and knew that this was a band to hunt down. Lucky for everyone involved, this album is a free download, and now I get to tell you all about this wicked act. Enjoy.

 Click here to download Hira Hira - We.Are.All.Xray.Pricks.No Talent.Fuck.Off. at Bandcamp
http://hirahira.bandcamp.com/

Shinsplints - Set Sail
Melodic Hardcore/Folk Punk

1. Gateway City Serenade
2. Times Infinity
3. Egotistical Drowning
4. Set Sail





CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN! OH, CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN! 

Shinsplints know how to keep their voice gruff, their guitars fuzzy, and their songs crisp. Great for sing-a-longs, drinking, and sinking ships. So, I guess, if you're drinking when your boat hits an embankment and a pound of explosives you were keeping strapped to the front ignites and sends you flying back out to sea and you couldn't think of any better way to go than singing - make sure this is in your collection.

Hell, keep this in your collection even if there's only a minute possibility of that happening.

Click here to download Shinsplints - Set Sail from Bandcamp

All Torn Up! - Songs from Split w/ (A) Truth

All Torn Up! 

Hardcore punk

Track list: 
1. Subversive
2. Incite Violence
3. Nine

There's not much to say about NYC hardcore act All Torn Up! that you probably couldn't already tell about any band whose logo would look at home patched to the back of an all torn up, piss stained denim jacket (excuse the pun). 

This is hardcore punk as hardcore punk should be: nasty, a little bit fun, politically aware, and like it's straight from the early eighties. Their myspace tells us that their hard, fast tunes are liberating ears from the oppressors, and has subtle hints of neckbeards and piss-spasms without being hip at all.

This album fits nicely into any hardcore collection - so download it, put your boots on and stomp! 

Click here to download All Torn Up! - Songs from Split w/ (A) Truth at Bandcamp

http://alltornup.bandcamp.com