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.
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