The long awaited debut LP from NYC’s FLOWER “Hardly A Dream” is finally set to arrive.
FLOWER’s tedious approach to writing/creating/drawing their debut LP was carefully thought out and the result is a monumental anarcho punk /crust record.
“Hardly A Dream” Takes us on a bleak journey through the dark side of society. As soon as you drop the needle a dark atmosphere is immediately created with a slow intro featuring arpeggio guitar work that builds into pummeling d-beat crust. The albums vocals then leave you with a feeling of being crushed by the ever-present weight of living through our modern world of late stage capitalism that was built on the falsehoods of the so called American dream, religious hypocrisy’s, nationalism, and the greed of humankind.
FLOWER take many cues from predecessors and are most often (and rightfully so) compared to NAUSEA but they also take a heavy influence from ANTISECT, SACRILEGE & other greats. The artwork has a very RUDIMENTARY PENI feel and the record comes with an amazing 24.5 X 34.75 CRASS style poster jacket. All art work was meticulously hand drawn and overseen by the guitarist Willow in true DIY style and spirit. Willow was also cool enough to draw up a special shirt for the record release featuring an alternative PROFANE EXISTENCE backprint!
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FLOWER will be on tour from January 2nd to the 13th
2nd New Brunswick
3rd Asheville
4th Greenville
5th Birmingham
6th New Orleans
7th Hattiesburg
9th Gainesville
10th Atlanta
11th Durham
12th Richmond
13th Philadelphia
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Belgium’s Marginal have that technical type of riffing that Napalm Death has mixed, with at times the growls akin to Extreme Noise Terror. In saying that I don’t mean to throw them into some sort of cliched bag. Far from it, there is plenty of variation. They are as a band very musically sophisticated, the degree of complexity on tracks like ‘The Hunt” and other tracks like “Indoctrination” have much more of a fast grind style about them. “More violence” almost has that “Breed to Breathe” era Napalm Death type of feel to it, a real technical sound. Other times there is an almost Sepultura feel about them. “Sign of the times”, builds and climbs like anger which is about to burst. Then “Stop the bullshit”, has a real fist pumping hardcore chant chorus. There is change and difference in each song, giving it diversity. I think the drawings on the cover of a spiky haired skull punk and another one on a motorbike are a bit misleading. As well as the title of the LP might lead you to believe it is a D-beat punk type of sound. Marginal show a lot if difference in their sound, all very much in the death crust vein of course. Powerful stuff for fans of Entombed, Napalm Death and ENT.
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