Imploders

 

Imploders is one of those "new" bands born during the COVID era which had a record ready before being able to play their first live show. We all know how difficult last year and this part of this year have been in terms of musics shows and hopefully it will remain only a kind of weird souvenir from a fucked up year.

Anyway these guys are from Toronto, Canada and played in bands like First Base, Vicious Cycle and Average Times before getting together as a hardcore punk band. And if you spare a few minutes to listen to their debut EP, you will surely agree it was a great idea.

 

Based only on the very "horror oriented" cover art (made by Kenneth MacLaurin) I assumed at first that Imploders was another furious dark d-beat hardcore act as there's been so many popping out from everywhere lately. But it's not. Imploders is better.

Released on the Canadian label Neon Taste Records, that I mentioned a few times in my posts about Nutrition and Headcheese, Imploders' five-track EP is a little gem of hardcore punk (and the first Neon Taste's record not made by Lewis Podlubny I am reviewing here!).

In the pure tradition of 80's north American hardcore, the band throws to the face everything that made the success of the genre, frank and direct riffs, simple but catchy lyrics and most of all perfect tracks' constructions combining energy and fun. Fun yes! Imploders got this silly but super catchy punk thing which takes their sound away from the raw hardcore side, and I love it. Did I already mention that it was punk and catchy as hell?

 

 Imploders recalls numerous bands, probably mainly from the California side in the early 80s (but not only), what about J.F.A, Circle Jerks or the recently repressed Hated 7"s for example? but also Regulations (damn I'm always mentioning my all-time favorite suedes when it comes to tell how much a band rips) and a big part of the Deranged catalogue (Damagers, Flowers Of Evil, Career Suicide, Leisure World etc...) to stay with a Canada based label. I can think also of the already-mentioned Headcheese, Fried E/M or some of the Beta Boys' releases.

 

Ok let's stop here, you got the idea and nobody gives a damn about all my rantings anyway, so just pump up the volume of your shitty smartphone and enjoy the ride!

Another good news is that this EP is only a start, the band is ready to record a 12 or 14-track LP very soon, probably on Neon Taste again.

What else could I want for bloody Christmas?

You can listen to Imploders on RAF#24.

 

 

 

  

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