Thought Control started mid 2020 as the solo project of a punk / hardcore enthusiast from Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, named John K who played in
Bearings, plays in
Dirt Queen
and runs the new records label Electric Flesh with some of his
bandmates.
The project quickly turned into a proper band with members from the
straight edge hardcore act
The Diving Line
and from the Revolution Summer-inspired melodic hardcore band
Sunstroke
(an exciting line-up which suggests the possibility of upcoming live shows).
Shock to the System's ten tracks took shape in the physical world, late 2020, as a cassette
out on
Government Check Music
and
New Morality Zine.
All right, the boring introductions having been made, what do we have
here finally?
Five tracks of fast, ripping, straight forward, super pissed-off hardcore
punk! That's what we got here!
John didn't try to play it subtle or innovative, no no! pure ripping
hardcore is purely and simply threw right in our faces: fast stomping
drums, simple in-your-face guitar parts but most of all, super angry
snarling vocals à la Ray Cappo! Yes indeed
Youth Of Today, and many bands inspired by it (True Colors
etc...), were the first things which came to my mind during the very first
seconds of severe punching delivered by Thought Control. You know
how important vocals are in punk and hardcore and John's managed to put
soooo much intensity in it here, it's simply breathtaking! You remember
the very first time you listened to Urban Waste's Police Brutality? I hope you do! Well there is a bit of that here! (wow that's a nice
compliment ahah).
Talking of classics maybe Antidote's Thou Shalt Not Kill EP is the best comparison for Thought Control, there is the same raw intensity, the same kind of rushed super-pissed off bursts of energy, the very same impression of witnessing a deluge of desperate violence from a man on the verge of sanity!
I really hope that the band that has come to life around this project will be able to keep ensuring such a deluge of unleashed savagery, actually I'm confident they will!
A fantastic release!
And it looks like my wish is coming true, Not For The Weak Records has announced a 7" coming this spring!
You can listen to Thought Control on Rien à Faire #19.
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