SOUP MOAT - Enjoy Your Hobbies
June 3, 2015, 8 years ago
(Triple Eye Industries)
I was pontificating on this here very site recently about how I think it's cool that there's a revived noise-rock scene. And I don't mean Unsane, I mean one level punkier, bands like Karp or Rye Coalition gaining a bit of cred and traction in a world that previously left them behind. Enter Soup Moat and this noisy record, which kicks off with a tune that definitely brings the above bass-heavy discordant punkers to mind, but then quickly goes off the rails into faster, more simple hardcore that bridges the gap between the old school and the new, with a stop over at some more noisey terrain in between.
Like, some listening session where you just drink tons of coffee and crank up Minor Threat, Modern Life Is War, and Big Business back to back to back and remember why punk rock is great. Digital download includes a bonus Unwound cover, that band name alone cracking the secret code that leads to decades of interesting music generally unheard by longhairs, even if there are similarities to be found between say, Kerosene 454 and Bolt Thrower. Just kidding, but this EP is good regardless.
