These
Branches offer up four hardcore punk songs (or maybe punk hardcore songs) that
are fast, short and melodic. They take
me back to a time when I was listening to a lot of hardcore because I feel like
at that time hardcore was really evolving and doing things it hadn’t done
before. This was a time when I got a
Ferretstyle sampler on CD and it had bands like Stretch Arm Strong and
Skycamefalling on it, amongst others.
Admittedly, that was at a time when CDs had pretty much already taken
over, but I did deep down inside wish (and still do) that I had that sampler on
cassette instead of compact disc.
Many
hardcore bands these days are simply copies of better bands that existed once years
ago or maybe even do still play shows.
These Branches are a throwback to something from the early ‘00’s, yet
they remind us why hardcore can be passionate and have a purpose and I don’t
think that will ever be overdone, so kudos.
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