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Opener Keep Moving reminds me of early Rancid with Rhys Wiltons vocals being hollered out over the frenetic back beat of drummer Lewis Green. The lyrics retell the fight to just accept yourself as you are and have fun and hammers along at a fair old pace clocking in at just over a minute and a quarter. Fallen Idols is more melodic, but ultra catchy with a terrace style sing-along chorus and the bass of new boy Leo James comes to the fore with fret work that Matt Freeman would be proud of. Recounting the public humiliation of stars of yesterday taken down by claims of former misdemeanours, if the band consider putting out a single (do they have such things nowadays?) this would be my choice. Final track Burials doesnt waver from the template of the previous songs rattling along at a Blitzkrieg frenzy. However the subject matter of over paid academics reconstructing the lives of long gone societies from small shards of pottery is unusual for a punk band to say the least. The song is a fitting climax for the bands return and I doubt the crowd will be thinking about ancient Mesopotamian artefacts when they hurl themselves at the stage when its played live.
First track Resist starts with what sounds like a Mariachi band, but soon head-crunching feedback intervenes and a song that would grace a Slipknot concert rises from the ashes. Thumping drums and bass gradually speed up and dual screaming vocals carry the song like a run away train imploring you to Resist the Party State. Sludge Cake certainly lives up to its name with head banging riffs over throat grating vocals and fulfils the genres mantra of an abrasive mix of doom metal and hardcore punk. Its three and a half minutes of cranium-crushing majesty. Finally Tarot Cards Spell Death bring the EP to a premature end carrying on in the same vain and a track with almost Black Sabbath overtones. The tempo is fast and furious and doesnt relent until the final chords die away and metaphorically put you out of your misery. Great stuff lads. So there you have it, a split EP El Accidente featuring two of the best bands from the Bristol/Cardiff music scene. Different in so many ways but ultimately both here to remind you that, despite the turgid state of the music charts, good music does exist if you dive deep enough. Bones www.facebook.com/notsincetheaccident
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