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Trueth / Healing Powers / Akallabêth - Split

This soon to be released split will be the first output from 5 headed screamo collective Trueth, which features members of WCOLT, Crows-An-Wra and Boxkite. The remaining songs of the split are contributed by Healing Powers and Akallabêth. The 3-way-split will be released on 12’’ through collaboration of Wolf Town, Boslevan Records and Get Into It Records. Can’t wait to get my hands on this one.

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Tapestry - An invisible boundary, a set distance

Tapestry is a three piece emotional rock band from Singapore throwing you back to times right between I Hate Myself, American Football and The Get Up Kids. The band’s 2 track EP “An invisible boundary, a set distance” is rollercoaster ride of hope, despair and longing, perfectly painted by the jingling guitars, drums that roam from reservation to uproar and a voice caught in-between melody and brokenness.

“And when February comes I'll be alone again. So alone.”

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Human Hands / Mars To Stay - Split

For this release Human Hands teamed up with “Mars To Stay” from Wales. While the sound of Human Hands can be described as rough, sometimes reminding me of Indian Summer the sound of the Welshmen is a lot more calmer. “Rot” by Human Hands, which opens the split is characterized by the pulsating bass and drums, sometimes punctuated with distorted guitars and desperate screams. The gloomy “In memoriam” which can be found on side B seems like the perfect counterpart. Accomplished combination.

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Moro – L'Alpe d'Huez (Demo)

Moro is a screamo fourpiece hailing from Hamburg, Germany. With “L’Alpe d’Huez” they just released their first song ever. It’s intense and heavy, musically reminding me of classy 90’s screamo. Listening to “L’Alpe d’Huez” definitely gives you a vague idea of the potential this band has. As you can read on their bandcamp page this song will be part of their debut EP “entrüsted”, which will be released later on.

“Dieser Vorhang hinter dem du dich versteckst ich möchte ihn dir nehmen zerreissen, zerfetzen”

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Human Hands is a Midland emo band that formed in 2010. Four years later, after several splits and a self-titled seven inch, they finally released their first long player. It took a while for them to finish the record, as Clyde, the guitarist of the band, moved from Birmingham, England to Reykjavik, Iceland. But after two and a half years of writing, recording and a short-time hiatus the result is overwhelming.

The record includes six well composed emo songs. Beautiful melodies are combined with vocals somewhere between spoken word and desperate screams, which reminds me strongly of Indian Summer. Human Hands definitely understand their business - every single moment of the record is carefully thought out. The lyrics of the LP are socio-critical, pondering and do not borrow the emo cliché.

The last track “without warning” is my personal highlight of the LP. The intro of the song starts with twinkling guitars, changing slowly over to a shredding sound, while the pulsating drums are creating an anxious and grasping atmosphere. After the 4-minute overture the cracking vocals of Chaz are crashing in. From this point onwards the vocals alternate between spoken word and screaming, while the music perfectly accentuates the desperate tune. You couldn’t have wished for a better final for this record.

Human Hands’ debut full-length is definitely one of the most exciting emo records you will hear in 2014. Highly recommended.



FFO: Indian Summer, Astehnia
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