Memories Like Ghosts: Post-Hardcore

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Friday, September 28, 2018

The Festival of Dead Deer

Before there were Moving Units, Year Future, and Ground Unicorn Horn, there was Chris Hathwell, who plays in all three and there was his great, doomed punk band The Festival of Dead Deer. They were great because the noise they made could melt steel and boil blood, and they were doomed because they reared up fast, spat out beautiful music, then vanished into the ether. Their album The Many Faces of Mental Illness (ThreeOneG) gives us 14 faces of mental illness in 44:57 minutes of frantic, stained-to-nothing vocals, sludgy razor sharp breakdowns, and song structure that bucks from one extreme to the next. We see guitar leads as attacking snakes, drums that co-opt hardcore's blast beats and R&B's submarine groove. It has all the screaming beauty of Gravity's catalogue, the kind of angularity a million bands have since tried for, in turn turning the very idea of angularity (or at least the search for it) into a joke. This record isn't a joke. It's not a half-ass screamo cash in or a trend-searching fashion parade. Take all your preconceptions and theories of what punk is and flush 'em down the fucking shitter. This is the sound of bones crushing to dust. Love it or get out of the way and pretend you're not afraid to look the thing in the eye.

Source: https://www.last.fm/music/The+Festival+of+Dead+Deer/+wiki

The Festival of Dead Deer 7" (1996)

The Spleen Position

01 Before Narcolepsy

02 Hunting

The Appendix Position

03 Limited Edition of Zero

04 Inner Planetary Reasoning

The Many Faces Of Mental Illness (A Collection) (1998)

01 Before Narcolepsy

02 Hunting

03 Limited Edition of Zero

04 Inner Planetary Reasoning

05 What Makes Sense

06 Basura Blanca

07 My Name's Explicit

08 A Controlled Response

09 In Fifty Words or Less

10 Episodes

11 Rated Are

12 The Coming of Going

The Festival Of Dead Deer/The Crimson Curse Split 7" (1999)

01 The Festival of Dead Deer - Monotones

02 The Festival of Dead Deer - Stagnant

03 The Crimson Curse - Psycho 75

04 The Crimson Curse - Funeral Empire

Sunday, September 23, 2018

Gospel

GOSPEL is a progressive metal band from Brooklyn, New York with former members of HELEN OF TROY, THE STATE SECEDES, and I AM THE RESURRECTION consisting of Adam Dooling (vocals, guitar), Sean Miller (bass), Jon Pastir (guitar, keyboards) and Velvet "Vinny" Roseboom (drums).

They released one album "The Moon is a Dead Planet" on Level Plane Records in 2005 that was produced by CONVERGE's Kurt Ballou at God City Studios.

They disbanded in December of 2006.

Source: http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=4549

Gospel/Kodan Armada ‎– A Split 10" (2004)

01 Gospel - Congratulations...You've Hit Bottom!

02 Gospel - Ghost & Gun

03 Gospel - What Means Of Witchery

04 Kodan Armada - Coppers!

05 Kodan Armada - Death Wears a Necktie

06 Kodan Armada - Say Something!

Lived Cassette (2004)

01 Opium

02 Paper Tiger

03 Your Electric Surge Is Sweet

04 Ghost N' Gun

05 Redemption Fills

The Moon Is A Dead World (2005)

01 Congratulations...You've Hit Bottom

02 Yr Electric Surge Is Sweet

03 Golden Dawn

04 Paper Tigon

05 And Redemption Fills the Emptiest of Hearts

06 Opium

07 What Means of Witchery

08 As Far As You Can Throw Me

Friday, September 21, 2018

Bionic Ghost Kids

Okay so I love all types of music, even dancy, screamy electronic music.

The Bionic Ghost Kids were founded in 2004 by two members of the band Everest. During a break from Everest they produced the first songs in a secondary studio. On programmed drums synthesizers and guitars , they laid out the vocals and shred it. The result is a mixture of post-hardcore and electro , paired with elements from the dance and pop sections.

The album "Horror Show" follows the concept of a horror movie . Thematically, it's all about zombies, vampires and similar creatures. The lyrics tell the story of a small town plagued by evil and of the last surviving couple and their tragic end. They also released an EP in 2011 that I have included.

Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bionic_Ghost_Kids

Horror Show (2009)

01 Welcome to the Horrorshow

02 Poison Ivy

03 Soundtrack For Violence

04 Save the Last Dance

05 Vertigo

06 Buried Alive

07 Wrapped in Plastic

08 The Living Dead

09 Horrorshow

10 Tarantulas Attack!

11 Rise Of the Monster

12 Kill the Pain

13 Delusion

14 The Professor

15 Day Of Reckoning

16 Requiem

17 The Show is Not Over

Save My Soul EP (2011)

01 The End

02 This Girl is a Vampire

03 Save My Soul

04 Embrace Me

Thursday, September 20, 2018

Cobra Kai

This is a great band that hailed from Cincinnati, OH. They put out 1 album and 2 splits. This is the complete recordings.

Complete Recordings (2000)

01 Fragile

02 Struck By Something Remarkably Close To Mayhem

03 Fire Escape Failure

04 Obey Reptar

05 Can't Get Away With More Than You Can Carry

06 Vote Of No Confidence

07 Burning Pictures

08 To The Astronauts

09 Left Eye, Right Eye

10 Clean Up Isle Thirteen

11 One Step

12 Stop, Start Again

13 Box Of Rocks

14 Do Or Die

15 Wings Without Angels

16 Binary Conniption

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Cowboys Became Folk Heroes

Cowboys Became Folk Heroes is one of those bands that released a very small amount of material even though you know they could have done so much more. These guys are just so fucking good, they have so many transitions in their music sometimes you're not sure whats going on. They have a Violent Breakfast, Daitro, and I Wrote Haikus About Cannibalism In You Yearbook sound where it's very classic 90's emo infused with moments of melodic atmosphere. They include a very diverse instrumentation ranging from, pianos, violins, xylophones, they create and interestingly punk ambiance that just blows me away.

Source: http://www.diymusicwiki.com/cowboys-became-folk-heroes

Cowboys Became Folk Heroes Discography (2008)

01 A Conversation With Myself

02 Birth of a Broken Language

03 Shelf Life Drama

04 Direct Action Gets the Goods

05 Papaya

06 Arising Consciousness

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Antioch Arrow

Antioch Arrow was an American punk rock band from San Diego, California that formed in 1992. Most of their discography was released through the San Diego independent label Gravity Records. The label was responsible raising San Diego's profile in the underground music scene of the mid-1990s. The band, breaking up in 1994 and releasing one final studio album posthumously in 1995, are now considered to be one of the most influential bands of the early 1990s that shaped emo and post-hardcore music of the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioch_Arrow

The Lady is a Cat 12" (1993)

01 Conspiring the GO-GO

02 Lightning Bolt

03 Ain't My Day

04 The Fixed Orbit

05 The Guardian Angel

06 Kluts on Broadway

07 Teenage Debutaunt and the Debutaunt Ball

In Love With Jetts (1993)

01 Angel's Lawn

02 The Puppy Love

03 Chaos Vs. Cosmos

04 Space Age

05 This Great Wall

06 Somba

07 Antioch Gold (For You)

08 The Blessed Test

09 Suspicious Uzi

Antioch Arrow/Candle Split 7" (1994)

01 Antioch Arrow - Stilts

02 Antioch Arrow - Time Square

03 Antioch Arrow - The Fixed Orbit

04 Candle - Now Lost To Then

05 Candle - A Gain

Gems Of Masochism (1995)

01 Paper Moshay

02 Too Bad You're Gonna Die

03 Date With Destiny

04 David

05 Dead Now

06 Gotta Love the Lights

07 Introducing Elizabeth

08 Picnic Pants

Monday, September 17, 2018

Clikatat Ikotawi

Existing from 1994 to 1997 and from San Diego, CA. Clikitat Ikatowi were an influential hardcore/post-hardcore/emo band featuring pro Skater Mario Rubalcaba.

Source: https://www.discogs.com/artist/803214-Clikatat-Ikatowi

Orchestrated And Conducted By... (1996)

01 Too Simple

02 Affirmation

03 Ground Zero

04 Desert Oasis

05 Identity Crisis

06 Science Fiction Reality

07 DNA Timebomb

08 Transmission

09 Welcoming The Shift

River of Souls 12" EP (1998)

01 Trials and Tribulations of Diana Smith

02 The Feeding of the Birds

03 The Appliance

04 Rise and Shine

05 Pleiadian Dance

06 Ramble on Candywrappers

Angel Hair

American screamo/post-hardcore band from Boulder, Colorado, later relocated to San Diego, California. Featuring Sonny Kay on vocals who was in other awesome band like VSS, Subpoenia The Past and Savalas. He is also the founder of GSL. In their time as a band they released 4 EP's and 1 LP and a compilation of all the tracks they made. I included the EP's and the Compilation for your listening enjoyment.
Source: https://www.discogs.com/artist/881593-Angel-Hair

Angel Hair/The Fisticuffs Bluff Split 7" (1994)

01 The Fisticuffs Bluff - Kid Jitter

02 The Fisticuffs Bluff - Catholic Dance

03 Angel Hair - Pre-Supermodel

04 Angel Hair - You Were Ugly But You Got Cute Again

Bare Minimum/Angel Hair Split 7" (1994)

01 Bare Minimum - Pendulum Scream

02 Bare Minimum - Begin Cancer Run

03 Angel Hair - Lazy Eye

04 Angel Hair - Bedroom Scene From Communion

Kerosene 454/Angel Hair Split 7" (1995)

01 Angel Hair - Kisses

02 Kerosene 454 - Some Walk

Pregnant with the Senior Class (1997)

01 Witch Hunt Scene From Star Trek

02 This Stool Is Cool

03 Origin Of Species

04 Stigmata Martyr

05 The Wax Museum

06 Blood Believe

07 Space Ape

08 Land Ov Enchantment

09 Pre-Supermodel

10 You Were Ugly But You Got Cute Again

11 Kisses

12 New Rocket

13 Crash Course

14 T-Minus Sixty Years

15 Second Cousin

16 Lazy Eye

17 Bedroom Scene From Communion

18 Untitled

Heroin

Heroin were a pioneer of the screamo genre. They were noted for the psychological intensity of their songs, which tended to be very short and include extraordinarily fast drumming and screamed vocals. Heroin only released a handful of vinyl EP's and singles, primarily on San Diego record label Gravity Records; the group's debut 7" was also Gravity's first release. These releases were typically packaged in enigmatic ways, such as a sleeve silkscreened onto a Ralph's paper grocery bag. A complete discography was later compiled on the Heroin CD in 1997, also issued on Gravity. The band split in 1993 after its members decided amicably to move on to other projects. Members went on to play in groups such as Antioch Arrow, Clikatat Ikatowi, and Second Story Window; vocalist Matt Anderson also worked with A Minor Forest, Mohinder, and Angel Hair. Matt and Scott even played in the legendary San Diego punk/hardcore band, Battalion of Saints from 2005-2008.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroin_(band)

Heroin Discography CD (1997)

01 Head Cold
02 Undertaking
03 Indecision
04 I've Got Mine
05 This Time
06 Never Ever
07 Has Been
08 Leave
09 Wander
10 Blindly
11 With No Name
12 Meaning Less
13 A Portion
14 The Obvious
15 Comes To Mind
16 In General
17 Moving Parts
18 Another
19 Destination

The Crimson Curse

Founded in 1998, The Crimson Curse was Pearson's first group to include keyboards and elements of deathrock. According to Pearson the band was an attempt to return a sense of lunacy and excitement to the hardcore punk scene, which had begun to appear dry and pedantic to Pearson. Pearson says he modeled the group on the Dead Boys. The band also included Jimmy LaValle and Jesse F Keeler of Death from Above 1979/ MSTRKRFT. Pearson has stated "we got all these fucked up kids together. Made some punk music. That was it. But as a band we didn't get very far." A review of the band's first demo stated "The recording was horrible, but was enough for me to realize that they sounded godlike."

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Pearson

For fans of: Antioch Arrow, Heroin, Angel Hair, Vss & Virgin Mega Whore