"...wasthisthefacethatlaunchedtenthousandships?" - all those born among them

It's a somewhat funny long name, but it works in a way I'll explain later and they should keep it (in three years will it make it easier or harder to find them though a Google search?). I think it sounds just like you would expect it to sound. Recorded live, blast beats, someone shrieking. It's like someone turned on a blender. I can't really hear much of what's going on as I don't know what is going on most of the time when I listen to music, and this is all so mysterious and cool to me. Most music is though. They provided lyrics, which helps in understanding what is going on in the songs. They scream kind of determined to lose their voices which I think is pretty great yet I kind of get scared that this band will last past the screams and they'll do some weird grunty produced-at-god-city type of thing (not that I mind it, but it's the only way to describe what I am thinking and I know for certain that many who read this blog know exactly what I mean).  If it comes to that then woo hoo! Never doubt a screamo though. Oh yeah, the name of the band is kind of in the same vogue as their lyrics. Everything is mushed up and shrieked out. All in all I suppose they sound like how I feel when I'm on the bus and am having an anxiety attack. So good.

"...wasthisthefacethatlaunchedtenthousandships?"  - all those born among them
http://wasthisthefacethatlaunchedtenthousandships.bandcamp.com/

Glass Hits - Pioneers Get The Arrows, Settlers Get The Land

Another band deeply ingrained with a 90's post hardcore influence without the typical college indie rock leanings. The guitars are airy and chunky at different times, for good reasons as it sounds good. I feel that this is where the rock and roll shit of the early 2000's was supposed to head. The Convocation Of... paved way for bands like The Strokes and The Vines, even unknowingly, and made it acceptable to rock the fuck out. I mean bands like Royal Trux and Jon Spencer's stuff were doing similar things, but they were less punk/hardcore sounding... I mean how much punk does a band like The Vines have? That song Ceremony (the punk one) let us hear before their newest album was released sounded exactly like The Vines... maybe they were trying to sound like this instead but missed it by a long mile. Regardless, this band is really fucking amazing. The vocalist sounds as though he is in some form of ecstasy, as though it were still okay to feel good about singing. I think the guitars near Grinderman sounding at times. I have no idea what anyone is playing. I'm not a musician really, I just love this stuff. I love it so much I find no words to explain it at all. Fortunately this band is kind enough to let us have their full length for freezy. Thanks.

Glass Hits - Pioneers Get The Arrows, Settlers Get The Land
http://glasshits.bandcamp.com/

Veneers - Demo

A bracket from my braces snapped off and I feel so powerless. I also regret not getting braces earlier.

If there's one thing that the internet casually does, it is to remind me of how behind I am when it comes to listening to the righteous of jams. Firstly Veneers comes across as being some sort of missing Tonie Joy band; sounding a bit like The Convocation Of... is pretty much a good thing even if there's nothing really taken away or even added. I think that sounds like a hit on Veneers, but as a demo this is awesome. The three songs are not hit or miss as they are all really goddamn rocking. Young Widows is another band that offers a viable sound comparison to those in the know. I'm kind of bummed out that I have to go to the dentist so I'll just finish (maybe) by stating that the guitar sounds fucking great on this. Really beautiful and pulsing with sound. When things get shouty it feels just about right.

Veneers - Demo
http://veneers.bandcamp.com/album/demo

Stripper Pussy - Pure Pussy

 Seemingly appeared out of nowhere, to me at least. The first time I got a chance to hear Stripper Pussy was via Ruptures. I was so tempted to go to the show but I wouldn't have been able to get back home and as I get older I am getting sick of wandering in the middle of the night wondering where my life is going. Regardless, Stripper Pussy is really fucking great. Tying the band into me having mental breakdowns at midnight while trying to think of ways back home, the first thing Pure Pussy starts off with is "I'd rather be fucking." You know, they're right. Somehow Stripper Pussy has basically exhaled years of pent up sexual prowess and (what seems to be) tons of stored early to middle 00's Southern California electroclash booty shaking (and whatever else that era made us vomit). It honestly reminds me of waiting in line for the Blood Brothers, or the Locust, or even smoking pot while listening to Gravy Train!!! and making bad jokes about being attracted to ugly people with ugly haircuts. Unfortunately I kept my ugly haircut and will always be ugly. This band rules.

Stripper Pussy - Pure Pussy
http://stripperpussy.bandcamp.com/album/pure-pussy

Planet Vegeta - Demo

A pretty groovy two piece band; following the drummer and bassist pattern of other noise rock bands but doing it as they feel like doing it. I booked them a show a few months ago with other bands (Vomit Bastard, Life of Refusal/Beez, Egrets on Ergot, and others) and it was going to be a blast but because of my dumbass behalf it did not go through. Sometimes stuff like that happens I suppose. Anywho, they're going to be here again on August 4th with poppier bands, so I will see how it goes along with whoever else decides to show up. I trust that they're going to be as awesome and fun live as they are on their recorded tracks. I think the theme and name are particularly silly, but I feel that it's all the better to dig them as a band. Regardless I don't think bands of this nature usually have super serious names or an intense demeanor, but I may be proven wrong and they could very well end up being scary live. Also, although I do not smoke pot I will probably be indulging in their Saiyan grooves and interplanetary boogie-like vibes as I am into that type of stuff.

Planet Vegeta - Demo
http://planetvegeta.bandcamp.com/

Wreck And Reference - No Youth

This is a really cool (maybe) little band that has a pretty huge sound. Very atmospheric. Bands like this usually just play out one sound over and over, yet Wreck And Reference let their ideas spill out all over the 10 songs. Lyrically things are very desperate and unforgiving, so in one area you can say the idea is to be somewhat pained, but the music surrounding the pitfalls the lyrics are telling is pretty fucking colossal.What this does is turn every instrument sound into a doorway or driveway, or a bathroom, some part of the scenery that the lyrics are contained within. It's kind of a mix of Brighter Death Now and other stuff. Honestly it's varied. Sometimes things are drone influenced, other times they're noisy, and then other times it's post-metal. Even the vocals shift around from sung, spoken, screamed and back. What do you like? I believe that Wreck And Reference hits it at least once on this album. I also think that this band sometimes hits a sound that I can only describe as the negative wavelength of stuff such as M83 and other stuff like that. I don't know. It's all kinds of enjoyable.They're also about to shoot through a West Coast tour... I am probably going to miss out on their July 5th date at Human Resources because of work, but it would be cool.

Wreck And Reference - No Youth
http://wreckandreference.bandcamp.com/

Ruptures - D∑CΔ

Ruptures is a pretty groovy band. I already posted their D E A D B L O O M Ep. The Ep was particularly good, even though it was a shift of direction from their earlier stuff which was a form of melodic post-hardcore. The sound on the Ep is expanded greatly on this release. D∑CΔ starts out with its namesake, and has a lot to offer in terms of discernible sounds that can only be heard if you are listening carefully. A lot of guitar effects that give a sense of chaos and some, what I assume to be, synth sounds accompany the introduction to the album. I'm not sure. Regardless, each song is a pulsating rager of post-hardcore mixed with slabs of punk, metal, and all sorts of other DIY-based music sensibilities. The vocal range of the singers has altered just a little bit, where one shouted in a more throaty higher pitched manner on the Ep, this time he seems to be almost singing in that way. I suppose there isn't much of a difference at all, if there even is one. I'd just like to point out that The Blood Brothers/Red Light Sting sassy vocals carries itself and alternates very well compared to the other singers crusty cookie monster vocals. I don't know what I'm trying to say anymore. Just give it a listen.

Ruptures - D∑CΔ
http://ruptures.bandcamp.com/album/d-c

False Light - False Light

Slowly but surely my attention had been turning to this band called False Light from Charleston, SC. In between doing research on ancient Indian/Mesopotamian/Chinese civilization for this quiz I have on Thursday (tomorrow) I decided to give in. Fortunately the research break ended up being worthwhile because as the first song ended I decided it was time to close the curtains as to not embarrass myself from bedroom moshing. What you get is the really currently welcomed negative and self-deprecating hardcore that's been gaining steam and getting kids to drop their angst off somewhere. I believe this is the first output for the band and it sounds really good! Each song is pretty well constructed in terms of aiming what it is aiming for, which is neurotic pissed off thought patterns as a mode of release. I think at least. The more I listen to the band the more I feel like the youthful vigor of angst paves way for self-demolition and ultra constructed internal confusion. Going to sleep wishing you wouldn't wake up the next morning as you know you'll feel like shit type of music. Loud. I like it. Tape soon.

False Light - False Light
http://thefalselight.bandcamp.com/album/self-titled