Elephant Rifle-Hunk LP (2018)

Country: USA
Genre: Hardcore, Punk, Grunge, Noise Rock
Label: Humaniterrorist
Tracks: 12
Length: 37.20'

Elephant Rifle is a four piece band from Reno, Nevada who formed in 2010, from the looks of things.  Elephant Rifle play a killer style of music that incorporates elements of hardcore, punk, grunge, and noise rock within their sound.  Musically, Elephant Rifle can be loosely compared to Strap It On Era Helmet, Whores, Unsane, Ken Mode, and other like-minded bands.  Since forming in 2010, Elephant Rifle have released a four song EP titled Christian House Of Girls in May of 2010, a four song EP titled Teenage Lover in July of 2011, a ten song LP titled Party Child in October of 2012, a five song EP titled Dirty Pillows Mixtape in February of 2013, a split 7" with Alphabet Cult in April of 2014, a digital single titled I Can't Believe You're Still Alive in May of 2014, and a ten song LP titled Ivory in May of 2015.  Hunk is the band's latest full-length LP, which was released via Humaniterrorist records on May 4th, 2018.  On Hunk, Elephant Rifle offer up twelve tracks of dirty, blown out, and raw sounding hardcore, punk, grunge, and noise rock.  Overall, Hunk makes for an amazing listen and definitely should not be missed.  Highly recommended!  Enjoy!

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(U.S.) Caravels/Octaves-Split LP (2015)

Country: USA
Genre: Post Hardcore, Post Rock, Screamo
Label: Topshelf/Bridge 9 Records
Tracks: 4
Length: 18.0'

Here's a new killer split 12" featuring new material from two of my current favorite post hardcore bands.  Caravels is a five piece post hardcore band who formed in May of 2006.  Caravels play a tense and progressive style of post hardcore mixed with touches of ambient post rock thrown in for good measure.  On their side of the split, Caravels offer up two tracks of tense, urgent, yet somehow hauntingly ambient sounding post hardcore mixed with post rock.  The second two songs come courtesy of Octaves.  Octaves are a five piece post hardcore band from Baltimore, Maryland who formed in 2009.  Octaves play a similar style of music, but with vocals that tend to be more strained and harsh spectrum of things.  Octaves sound is as equally as progressive and the band even throws in the use of an organ to keep things interesting.  Overall, both bands are brilliantly paired up on this split and both bands offer up top notch material for this EP.  Highly recommended!  Enjoy!  This 12" was released via Topshelf and Bridge Nine records on January 27th, 2015.

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