Band name of the year for sure here, Reacharounds...yeah! Wish I had thought of that name when I was playing music. Joe hit me up and without even asking offered to send me a hard copy, of which only 200 were made, so right off the bat I was feeling special. That was the end of the special feelings though because this is not some happy shit. My initial response to him, after he had mentioned they were inspired by the likes of the Minutemen and the Circle Jerks, "Got the record and completely blown away man. Not the most uplifting, some seriously angry shit. Reminds me of a band I used to listen to back in the 80s called the Nihilistics, but you guys are much better musicians. I hear a little bit of that Minutemen snazzy jazziness there too." There's not a bright moment in the lyrics to these songs, if it's not rabid frothing at the mouth angry, it's serious as cancer hopeless.
"It's a good day for a war
It's a good day for the end of the world.
It's a good day for a war
It's a good day let's end it now."
Nothing sophisticated, just simple and to the point...I like that. I kind of admire it, because there is really so much to be angry and feel hopeless about these days, it's numbing after a while. Musically, as I said, these guys have a little bit more talent than the Nihilistics and have a little bit of complexity in their post-hardcore sound, but it's still raw and ugly most of the time. The first tune, "Excrement"...
[audio mp3="http://mustard-relics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/01.Reacharounds-Excrement.mp3"][/audio]
Varying speeds, varying tempos, keep it from getting repetitive and make each tune interesting in their own way. Straight out of Springfield Missouri (isn't that where the Simpsons are from) these guys are probably the best thing that town has to offer. They have a
Facebook, so you can socialize with them there. They have a
Bandcamp, where you can listen to about half the songs on this album and all the songs their previous and equally killer 7" (they sound even more Minuteman-ish on that, maybe even a little early Meat Puppet-esque thing going on). Last but not least they have a
Bigcartel, where you can buy their shit and support the band. They haven't got this LP there yet but expect that soon as well as digital downloads (the LP comes with those). Listen to some more if you like...
http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1111500233/size=small/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/transparent=true/
Band name of the year for sure here, Reacharounds...yeah! Wish I had thought of that name when I was playing music. Joe hit me up and without even asking offered to send me a hard copy, of which only 200 were made, so right off the bat I was feeling special. That was the end of the special feelings though because this is not some happy shit. My initial response to him, after he had mentioned they were inspired by the likes of the Minutemen and the Circle Jerks, "Got the record and completely blown away man. Not the most uplifting, some seriously angry shit. Reminds me of a band I used to listen to back in the 80s called the Nihilistics, but you guys are much better musicians. I hear a little bit of that Minutemen snazzy jazziness there too." There's not a bright moment in the lyrics to these songs, if it's not rabid frothing at the mouth angry, it's serious as cancer hopeless.
"It's a good day for a war
It's a good day for the end of the world.
It's a good day for a war
It's a good day let's end it now."
Nothing sophisticated, just simple and to the point...I like that. I kind of admire it, because there is really so much to be angry and feel hopeless about these days, it's numbing after a while. Musically, as I said, these guys have a little bit more talent than the Nihilistics and have a little bit of complexity in their post-hardcore sound, but it's still raw and ugly most of the time. The first tune, "Excrement"...
[audio mp3="http://mustard-relics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/01.Reacharounds-Excrement.mp3"][/audio]
Varying speeds, varying tempos, keep it from getting repetitive and make each tune interesting in their own way. Straight out of Springfield Missouri (isn't that where the Simpsons are from) these guys are probably the best thing that town has to offer. They have a Facebook, so you can socialize with them there. They have a Bandcamp, where you can listen to about half the songs on this album and all the songs their previous and equally killer 7" (they sound even more Minuteman-ish on that, maybe even a little early Meat Puppet-esque thing going on). Last but not least they have a Bigcartel, where you can buy their shit and support the band. They haven't got this LP there yet but expect that soon as well as digital downloads (the LP comes with those). Listen to some more if you like...
http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1111500233/size=small/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/transparent=true/
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