Pressure/Colin of Arabia "Stalemate" Split 12" 6131 Records
I know this has been out for a spell, but i buy all this shit myself. I had not had the chance to hear Pressure, and "wow" am i impressed. Fast, tough, unpolished hardcore. Starts out on a low-tuned gallop, and the gutteral bellowing begins, like a sweet honey lubejob in my ear. The song speeds through the first minute, then a grooved riff breakdown - layered with some higher guitar notes and screams make for a pretty ill final 2/3 of the song. Song 2 comes in on that mid-tempo anticipatory lingering beat - It stays this tempo as the dude screams some more - definite side to side stomp for the angry HC kids. Good stuff to get amped up for the third song that which gets right back to the speed. Pressure blasts another gem. And then they end with a cover of "Evil" (hey, at least, it's not "Chaos") and they fucking nail it - true to the original and enough of a twist of their own. Fuckin good. This band kills. For fans of: COA, beefed Up KYI, Scraps and HeartAttacks; tough angle on some old school shit with a punk snarl.
COA jumps in with two killer tracks - sounding tighter then the Snitch 7". This first song, "FEMA", COA keeps the good Sociological critique stuff that they do. Fast and then the 2nd half is slowed down. Crazy screams beckoning the gods and channelling the disillusionment this obscene goverment perpetuates. The 2nd song is the "stabbed in the back" shit; slow, then fast. They end with a pretty good BFB cover. COA does what it does; chaotic, noisy, unpredictable, blazing hardcore. And they do it damn well.
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