Much Worse – Chronic Instigation LPMuch Worse Chronic Instigation LP 2nd LP by this excellent hardcore band from mpls, mn, uxa. incredibly tight and technical without being nerd music, mean and tough as nails without being macho, all around a punk as fuck record. 12 brand new songs. Drawing from the best of U. S. and Japanese hardcore and the history of great music in general.

Out of Step finds the band reacting to a movement that they basically singlehandedly created

yet hard-hitting post-hardcore

I must admit I’ve not heard of any of these bands so I guess I am not the fountain of knowledge I had thought

and the great artwork of Montreal-based artist Lisa Czech make this debut a killer

All - Allroy's Revenge LP

Unfurling to morose acoustic guitar strum over a loose backdrop of bells the expansive 'Another Context Revealed' is a case in point

but I still can’t deny it’s a fun

It was a cycle of music and I could probably spend at least half of this year on great '19 releases

Riffs and images are set adrift

Things Done and Left Undone is the new full length album from Vancouver based Jonathan Inc

and elevated with saccharin harmonies

Vimur - Transcendental Violence LP