Nutrition is hailing from Kamloops, British Columbia (Canada) and
has been around since 2015 or something.
Featuring members of the local punk and hardcore scene,
Nutrition can be described as a side project of the
Bootlicker's singer, Lewis , who happens to also be one of the two "CEO" of
Slow Death Records
(a very good label dedicated exclusively to BC hardcore bands) and plays
the guitar in Nutrition.
Lewis seems to be one these super-active guys who is always doing
something somewhere for the scene (a very loud something usually) and he
was part of several punk, hardcore and power violence acts like
Skuff,
Butcher,
Watch Dog,
Moxie,
Headcheese
and probably many others on top of
Bootlicker.
But no super heavy hardcore / D-beat here, Nutrition is a "freak
garage punk" band as Lewis described it himself.
This tape covers one year period between late 2016 and late 2017 and is basically a compilation of the nine "singles" released by the band at the time.
What's immediately striking with Nutrition is the vocals, I mean
it's a weird combination of moaning, baby screams, 77-like-singing and
hardcore shouting... It's super bizarre actually, there is all this
semi-hardcore structure with a clear guitar sound and a huge 77 weirdos
influence with this kinda onomatopoeia singing...
It's a bit like the Toy Dolls' vocal concept applied to modern
approach of punk rock coloured with US hardcore punk... well... something
like that!
It's catchy, it's kinda crazy and it's quite enjoyable!
The recording quality is not the best but it's good enough.
Even if there no songs longer than two minutes, to be honest 18 tracks on
one tape is a bit too much and I get a bit bored at some point but well...
that's me!
Nutrition puts out
their first proper (and longer) release
in 2018. This tape out on
Neon Taste Records
(label born from the Neon Waste subculture zine based in BC) includes 8 tracks from a
June 2017 recording session.
Not much surprise here as only 3 tracks out 8 are new, the other ones
being some of the best tracks from the singles. They all have been
recorded again with a better sound and some changes (Hate Myself (Still)
is coming after Hate Myself and Hate Myself V2).
So same formula for a better result.
Catchy, straightforward and snotty ?
I have read the word "sassy" to describe their sound...
Still there are the vocals, you love it or you hate it, there is no
in-between!
And here is the band's latest release, the one which made me
discover and enjoy their sound.
No
is a 6-track EP (on
Neon Taste Records
once again) and it's without a doubt their best material to date.
More hardcore than the 2018 tape, Nutrition keeps its unique style but develops it to its best. Fast and catchy yes but with clear and discernable instruments' sounds, it's powerful and well-balanced, it's straightforward but smartly built in a way that all the breaks and small details make it stronger, more efficient and more "beautiful".
Andrew has not abandoned his so characteristic way of singing but is now mastering it really well, it's still super snotty and "sassy" but understandable and deep and gruff enough (especially on the opening track Out Of Time).
In the end No got more deepness and harshness than the previous releases, which brings back the band in the catchy but also in-your-face punk area.
A highly enjoyable EP!
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