S.O.H

 

Don't get fooled by the cover of SOH's Life On Edge, I'm not dragging you today in the muddy pool of a mediocre mix of metal and punk à-la Plasmatics that the hideous fantasy/post-apocalyptic/Mad Max artwork evokes... it's pure raging female-fronted punk meets hardcore we're talking here! 

 

 

  Hailing from the glorious city of Los Angeles, California, System Of Hate popped suddenly out of the blue, taking many by surprise (me at least, which is already a lot), without an invitation card or recommendations, like a last minute guest that nobody was expecting.

Believe me dear readers, I've looked around the internet and the online world seems to know dogshit about this new quartet... who are these guys?

edit: The singer is also fronting the LA post-punk band The Tissues!

 

Whoever they are they deliver six tracks of raging D-beat meets hardcore you should not miss! It's fast, furious and angry as fuck! The singer just keeps screaming again again, barking against the system and letting a shitload of frustration burst out!

It makes me think of a less brutal version of C.H.E.W or of some D-beats bands I've written about recently like the Australians from Sepsis, the New Yorkers from Fairytale or of Haircut's last EP (which is more hardcore yes) or even of Tizzi which recently released a pretty cool demo. Anyway the past five years have not lacked furious bands with killer female front vocals!

 

I have to mention Restless and Superficial, probably my favorite tracks of the album, where the band slows down the pace to let appear another kind of punk, not so far from their main area of expertise of course but a bit less straight forward and very refreshing. A record of intense music needs a couple of tracks like that to let the mind digests all the punches. 

 

 A very good start from a mysterious band! 

Too bad the cover is not more appealing!

 

N,J'Oi! 

 

 

picture by Scott Free

picture by Sarah

 You can listen to S.O.H on RAF#26

   

 

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