MIDHUMANS

 

Early, raw Indonesian hardcore captured live in 1999 (as the title suggests). Prepare yourself for a sonically blistering listen, and then reward yourself with another live recording from a reformed MIDHUMANS almost twenty years later....just as raw and only slightly more cohesive. If it worked in the '90s....why fukkn change, right? Aside from a couple of comp appearances, this is the only MIDHUMANS output I can find - not for the weak listener but more than worth it for the die hards. 

TAPE COLLECTION SERIES: LIVE RECORDING 1999 • LIVE ON STAGE 2016

CHILL PARENTS

 

This is what I want to hear when someone mentions "modern hardcore." What I actually hear is typically something closer to short-hair metal or re-packaged '90s alt; breakdowns instead of riffs and "punk" rooted in FOO FIGHTERS choruses instead of FLIPPER. This is what I want to hear though, so my ears were pleased when the filthy stomp of "Pissy" started dragging my sorry ass into the shit. It's earnest, it just sounds real, and it feels like it comes from a place that I recognize. You wanna get punched in the face? CHILL PARENTS can do that for you. It feels good, I promise. You're welcome. 

CONTENT // COLLAPSE

BANDA DES FEMER // SVNYA

 

Ramshackle buzzsaw Spanish punk from the only two bands I've ever heard of from Menorca. You've heard of Mallorca? Welcome to Menorca. I think these punks are mostly Barcelona based now, but hoooooooooo boy does this shit scratch an itch if you like your punk ignorant and raw. 

TALAITIK ATTACK

SPYDER DEAD

 

More Indonesian punk because the shit rules. Going back to the roots for this one with From Life To Be Death..! released in 2000. UK by way of USA spikey punk anthems like "Apathy" and "We Still Against" will power you through your day while you wonder what it must have been like to be a punk in a disastrously oppressive political regime. A you wonder if you've got what it takes....

FROM LIFE TO BE DEATH..!

BRICKS

 

If you pay attention, then you heard four of these six tracks back in November on their self-titled tape. Actually, if you were really paying attention then you would started pumping this shit back in 2022 when both tapes were released....but we can't all get hip to everything in real time, right? So yeah, the PENI-esque "Enemy" and the heavy steady squirm of "Servant" are the new (to me) cuts here (and "Servant" into "No Sanctuary" is the clear standout) so even if you were paying attention last year? Time to power up.

NO SANCTUARY

LAST DRIVE

 

A dozen high energy snotty punk tracks that land somewhere between SCREECHING WEASEL and GRIMPLE. Buzzsaw guitar, hopelessly catchy vocals, raw-as-fuck production....seriously, what's not to like? Choice cut is "Full Of Riot" if only because they appear to be playing the song just a wee bit faster than they are able. The whole song is two riffs and a bridge. Six notes total. Like I said....What's not to love?

LAST DRIVE

FREAK VIBE

 

I feel like I've been hitting these kids pretty hard lately, but that's because I've been jamming their tapes pretty often.....so you get what I'm getting, you know? They make 'em different in the PNW and FREAK VIBE were one of the differentest - it wasn't like you'd never heard the sounds before, it was like you'd never heard them quite like this. And you weren't accustomed to hearing them from DIY punks. And FREAK VIBE were punks of the highest order. No fucks given, leaving everything on the floor, punk. This might be my favorite one, but I'm glad I don't have to choose. Dark, slimy dirges that remind me of GALLON DRUNK, STOOGES or even a dusty desert raunchy BAD SEEDS. Of course you're going to get CRAMPS comparisons here (and they aren't out of order) but really what you're hearing is FREAK fuckingVIBE. 

PROTESTRATION