picture by Chris Sikich
Carnivorous Bells is from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and has not been around for very long as their first release is from march 2019... so not an old band no but it doesn't mean however that these guys are newbies...
David Vasalotti looks like he has been part of too many to count music projects (including the very punk hardcore Cult Ritual, the weird Dads, the poppy new vave Merchandise and his own solo work)...
Leo Suarez has not been lazy either and has been seen behind the drums in bands like Meatwound, Primate Research and his own solo projects...
Matthew Adis has been "famous" for his super energic live performances as a screamer in several punk hardcore acts around Philadelphia (Anxiety Hammer and Salvation among others) when he is not working on some black and white illustrations...
And our last lad, Michael Bachich, was part of the shoegaze band Nothing for some time but also of the great Human Headstone with Matt...
So now let's see what brought together this gang of dedicated noise makers...
picture by Donald
Big Bronze Allegory was released in March 2019 as a 8-track tape on Human Headstone Presents (which I suspect to be managed by Matt).
And the first reaction is... Damn what the hell is that??
It's jumping, it's sliding, it's rough and smooth, it's furry but slippery as fishskin... are we facing the platypus of punk rock? is it still punk rock?
Describing their sound as cave prog, these four guys are bringing us to the very edge of what post-hardcore can be... Prog yes, with songs over 4 minutes prog starts making sense... Cave??... Cave?.. Cave yes!.. the primitive rage of hardcore punk from where all these guys are coming is not gone, it's lurking in a dark corner, ready to bite, barking and growling, kept under control, domesticated... but still dangerous...
From freak shows' atmospheres, to space odysseys in far worlds, this album is taking you away, kidnapping your soul for a highly enjoyable journey to an unknown destination you're not in any hurry to reach...
I was totally blown away by this music, it's wild, it's bold, it's free and it's new with all the components of the old which made me jump into this scene...
As somebody wrote it: "this music is exactly the kind of shit that keeps me interested in punk as an art form"
February 2020, Carnivorous Bells releases The Upturned Stone, its first full length (on vinyl!) on Human Headstone Presents...
Eleven songs including 6 of the 8 songs of their previous tape so 5 new songs in fact.
After Big Bronze Allegory, we are wandering in something which is not completely unknown territory anymore but still extremely enjoyable.
With the short Body Of Work for example, the band delivers what could probably be the closest thing to a classic punk song... a strong concentrated version of their winning formula, formula developped for almost 5 minutes on the following Semblance with its long break, heavy bass lines and wandering guitar notes which are not without reminding me of some Fugazi parts...
Same idea with the 5 minutes and 30 seconds of the instrumental Roused from Slumber in a Feud With Death which, through a thrilling path of heady guitar notes and out of space noises, reminds us of the progressive and "acid" approach chosen by the philadelphia quartet... finally concluded with the Upturned Stone itself, the one in the punk rock cave under which nobody had looked before and which has finally revealed its secret...
the fantastic work of the Carnivorous Bells!
Big Bronze Allegory was released in March 2019 as a 8-track tape on Human Headstone Presents (which I suspect to be managed by Matt).
And the first reaction is... Damn what the hell is that??
It's jumping, it's sliding, it's rough and smooth, it's furry but slippery as fishskin... are we facing the platypus of punk rock? is it still punk rock?
Describing their sound as cave prog, these four guys are bringing us to the very edge of what post-hardcore can be... Prog yes, with songs over 4 minutes prog starts making sense... Cave??... Cave?.. Cave yes!.. the primitive rage of hardcore punk from where all these guys are coming is not gone, it's lurking in a dark corner, ready to bite, barking and growling, kept under control, domesticated... but still dangerous...
From freak shows' atmospheres, to space odysseys in far worlds, this album is taking you away, kidnapping your soul for a highly enjoyable journey to an unknown destination you're not in any hurry to reach...
I was totally blown away by this music, it's wild, it's bold, it's free and it's new with all the components of the old which made me jump into this scene...
As somebody wrote it: "this music is exactly the kind of shit that keeps me interested in punk as an art form"
February 2020, Carnivorous Bells releases The Upturned Stone, its first full length (on vinyl!) on Human Headstone Presents...
Eleven songs including 6 of the 8 songs of their previous tape so 5 new songs in fact.
After Big Bronze Allegory, we are wandering in something which is not completely unknown territory anymore but still extremely enjoyable.
With the short Body Of Work for example, the band delivers what could probably be the closest thing to a classic punk song... a strong concentrated version of their winning formula, formula developped for almost 5 minutes on the following Semblance with its long break, heavy bass lines and wandering guitar notes which are not without reminding me of some Fugazi parts...
Same idea with the 5 minutes and 30 seconds of the instrumental Roused from Slumber in a Feud With Death which, through a thrilling path of heady guitar notes and out of space noises, reminds us of the progressive and "acid" approach chosen by the philadelphia quartet... finally concluded with the Upturned Stone itself, the one in the punk rock cave under which nobody had looked before and which has finally revealed its secret...
the fantastic work of the Carnivorous Bells!
You can listen to The Carnivorous Bells on Rien à Faire #11.
N,J'Oi!
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