lundi 30 mai 2022

Feral

 

A short one today about this new band hailing from Atlanta, Georgia, and called Feral.
Featuring the singer of Judy And The Jerks at the bass and the drummer of Nag and Western Civilization behind the drums, this group relies on a solid experience to deliver a very high quality demo beautifully illustrated by Ross Adams (a visual and tattoo artist originally from Oklahoma City who played in numerous bands including American Hate and Crush Crusher).



Released on Earth Girl Tapes (a label well known to this page you can read a bit about in my enthusiastic post about Fumes from last November and which focuses primarily on the Hattiesburg scene) this demo shows from the very first seconds that it fits perfectly on Hampton Martin's label: It's fast, there's that punk vibe that meets the speed and energy of hardcore, it's clearly well played and the live recording provides that sense of urgency so dear to our old punk ears that is also prevalent on most EGT releases. 
But Feral are not only good at playing ripping fast punk songs inspired by early 80s US hardcore, and that's when it becomes more interesting than you average next-door hardcore punk band, they're also able to build up dark but thrilling atmospheres around mid-tempo songs like in the moving Touching Tips and its driving guitar riff or in Cycle (my favourite track of the tape) and its heavily post-punk oriented chorus. 
 
Yes Feral demo is full of promise and I'm confident that these guys and gals will be able to deliver a top notch EP or album very soon if they really get on with it. Let's see if the other bands the members are in leave them enough time to make it possible.







You can listen to Feral on Rien à Faire #34.
 
  

 
 





 
 
 

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