The true essence of UK DIY hardcore punk
- david1170
- 9 hours ago
- 1 min read
Personal Punk review POSITIVE REACTION's 'Past Mistakes' EP
I was gonna start this review with something about the ‘true essence of UK DIY hardcore punk’ but I checked my review of this band’s debut EP and waddyaknow: “bands like this are the very essence of true DIY scenes, creating their sonics without fear or favour for trends.” Couldn’t have said it better myself.
While last year’s Dreaming Of Violence EP got me all frothed up, this new four-tracker from the South Wales crew is a way more urgent proposition. Positively fizzing with manic energy, opener Past Mistakes‘ sizzling vocal interplay raises the temperature on a mess of fast, gnarly hardcore. All fuzzed guitar, high-pitched vocals and gang back-ups, that it also stomps ‘n pounds around the bridge adds to the furious fun, while What Roger Said‘s brief blast of gunning bass, cutting guitar, and high/hoarse vox tag-team is an adrenalised shot to the head. Hypocrite‘s swaggering, crusty-rock intro bursts into a speedy hardcore classic, leaving the fastcore-a-go-go of Lying To Your Face to finish; by which point, you’re reduced to a panting puddle on the floor. Crucial shit that shoulda been a 7″.
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