pg1 and pg2 by Secondgradeknifefight

Secondgradeknifefightpg2 by Secondgradeknifefight

tracklist:

1) i don't care if you're paraplegic, let's play twister (it's all in the hips)

2) damn, i can't find my dad's cock ring (a bad time at uncle fuck's)

3) he had a voice that could make a wolverine purr and suits so fine that they made sinatra look like a hobo (a man on fire)

4) david letterman cuckold dance party (please don't get it in my hair)

5) the human torch was denied a bank loan and mr fantastic had sex with a rubber ball (it was not fun to watch)

6) jesus definitely had a big dong, no question about it (it's bigger in person)

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secondgradeknifefightpg1 by secondgradeknifefight

tracklist:
1) chemistry 211 (stay away from ryan, he scratches)
2) i'm not even mad mine isn't movie quality (stepping out of my comfort zone)
3)captain tom-tom (another ballad of love)
4) my nana takes her wig off when she's drunk (fire up them grills)
5)redneck inter-lewd-acts 23 (keep on truckin)
6) wave goodbye to uncle jim (a relaxing day on the roof)
7) butterfly death squad ( I swear to god, I swear to god)

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What's there to say about a band like Secondgradeknifefight? If we were to give it an alignment it would probably be chaotic evil, this shit's wild and will cause your ears to bleed if loud enough. This is the kind of stuff you'd show your mom when she's had a long day at work. Check it out.

Fact, Fiction, and Everything In Between by Moonassi

//Fact, Fiction, and Everything In Between||Moonassi\\

1. Frail Bones

2. Head full of Miracles

3. The Number 2 doesn't look like you

4. Momento mori

5. Running from what you've done, and what you have not

6. get a fucking bed skirt dude

7. horses never bet on people and neither do I

Texas band (Texas is monopolizing on bands i think) Moonassi is a screamo/twinkle/emo band. I got the chance to play a house show with these guys a while back, and they were amazing, so I had to check out their recordings.

The seven track release, Fact, Fiction, and Everything In Between, is quick and to the point, production is well done for screamo/skramz music, and each song is short, making this a release you can listen to multiple times. Overall feeling is like most screamo bands, helpless, and vocals screech over heavy bass lines and what are simple twinkle guitar lines. As far as drumming goes, you've got some normal emo drumming, with chaotic blast beats thrown into the mix, to give the songs a great emo-violence feel. The release reminds me of Pg. 99, The Saddest Landscape, and Malon. Check it out, it's on their bandcamp as a pay as you will, and Moonassi is a relatively new band, so be on the lookout for new stuff in the near future.

Favorite song: Horses Never Bet On People and Neither Do I

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Flowers in D-Minor (Nirvana Cover Songs) by Bleed The Pigs

Flowers In D Minor by Bleed The Pigs 

Covers songs:

1. Drowner

2. Endless Nameless. 

Bleed the Pigs
Flowers in D Minor (Nirvana Covers)
Bleed the pigs is a really cool punk/skramz band, and their two song release is their own spin on some Nirvana songs. Female vocalist holds high ends of vocals well, but her lows are p dank too. The release clocks in at over 6 minutes, the first song is not even two and the second is super long as far as punk music goes. The songs still hold some aspects of their Nirvana originals, but not enough to make me think that this is just another nirvana cover band. I used to make fun of bands that do stupid covers from bands that are overdone but the way these guys does it is super cool. Mixing reminds me of old skramzy type recordings, and the constant sound of noise is reminiscent of shoegaze music. This release is a headbanger, and really more along the lines of a novelty. If you don't listen to Nirvana, like me, you won't even know that it's a nirvana cover, because you've probably not heard these two songs. I had to go listen to the original songs just to see how different they would be, and it gave me a new respect for the band.
I think it's cool, and it's nice to see that they didn't go crazy and release a giant record of covers. Also very very nice to see that they put their own spin to the covers. Nothing more upsetting than having to listen to your local band play that same old blink 182 song everytime you get put onto a show with them or something. Anywho, check it out.

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Reverie by Malon

Reverie {Malon}

1. Happy People

2. Under A Red Sky

3. Your Invitation

4. Chrysanthemum Sonata

5. Magnolia Cacophony

6. Orchid Requiem 

7. In Life or in Reverie

Reverie: 

Rev-er-ie

a state of being pleasantly lost in one's own thoughts. 

In music: an instrumental piece suggesting a dreamy or musing state

Takin' it back with one of the saddest bands I know, Malon's (pronounced alone with an M), Reverie is an old 7 song release from 2012 that I wanted to talk about. I reviewed Malon's Portraits of Dying a long while back, and I still listen to that thing. 

Malon mixes the soft and sad aspects of contemporary emo/twinkle music with the harsh, cathartic, still morbidly sad aspects of Skramz (re@al Screm0!). Guitars are high, drums are overly interesting to the point of annoyance, and bass actually does something important. 

Reverie is similar to Okkoto's Sleep Talk, as to get the full feeling from the release, you need to listen to entire release all the way through. With this release, it's a lot easier since all seven songs add up to only 19 minutes. The release is correctly titled Reverie because that's just what it is. Suggesting of a dreamy or a musing state. Aside from the music actually being good and all, I really dig the vocalist's vocals, his strained, quiet singing, mixed with his cathartic, chaotic screams.  

I always take a break from this band, but keep coming back because they're really really good. You'll just have to listen to them.
I still don't know how to review music.

Favorite Track: In Life Or In Reverie (Breaking bad audio clip much sad RIP WALT JUNIOR) **

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**Walt junior is not dead

Sleep/Talk by Lord Okkotonushi

Sleep/Talk | Okkotonushi

1. Forchids

2. Shimmer

3. Utterances

4. Spindles

5. Harahan

6. Circles

7. Sleep

8. Talk

9. Diemtea

10. Breathe On

Okkoto is a local 417 Math Rock/ "Psychedelic Shoegaze Hardcore" band that's been around for longer than most people around here have been in the Springfield Scene. They're a different kind of band that I've ever seen, but one that I really like. They actually played before one of my bands before and I was blown out of the water. Sleep/Talk has been around for a while, but they just recently released it hard-copies so people are taking another look at it. 

This is a long release, almost 3 times longer than most of the releases I review, but the length of the listen is definitely worth it. 

Anyway, Some of the Math riffs, as seen in "Shimmer" and throughout make my head spin. This band only has one guitar player, and he is just amazing at what he does. Bass as well. People don't give bassist's much of a rep but I mean have you tried being the bassist of a mathcore band because that shit's probably hard. Drums are heavy hitting when they need to be, and otherwise their slight accents highly compliment the track, and help get across what they are trying to do. The entire release is supposed to be like a journey through the mind, and trust me, some of the things they do may put you in some kind of a trance. Do not listen to while driving. Vocals are fun. The screams are mid-ranged to high, frankly chaotic, and the cleans are raspy and melodic. This band is really good at contrasts, and with songs that are clocking in at 10 minutes, they do some awesome contrasting things. I'm not usually a big fan of longer tracks, they tend to drone on and leave me bored, but this release is different. The tracks do drone on, but that's exactly the point. All of the songs do kind of meld together, (also probably the point) so if I ever see something that really strikes me as amazing, I have trouble finding which song it was in. This isn't the kind of release you can listen to in segments, or just skip to one song. To get the full experience, you'll need to listen to the entire thing through. Great release, get it.

Favorite track: Shimmer

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My City (Is) My Defeat by (Come With Me) If You Want To Live

My City (is) My Defeat | (Come With Me) If You Want To Live

1. My City (My Defeat)

2. These Letters (That I swear I will never send)

3. A Six Year Old Girl (Says goodbye to her dad at work)

4. You Were The Bullet (Lodged in my Brain)

5. This Is It (This Is The Last Words I will Sing)

Lo-Fi release I found on Bandcamp, (Come With Me) If You want to live)  is a female fronted emo skramz band. Guitars are loud and dance around the tracks, only out mixed by the vocals, which are raw, hard, and screeching. Vocals are for the most part scramz stock, save for this weird nasal singing that kicks in in a few of the songs. At first these vocals are really annoying, but after a while they really compliment the tracks. Being a lo-fi release, you can't really hear the drums at all. They're really far back in the mix; same with bass. 

I was a little iffy about this release, because it's overall really weird, but there are times when the band takes a step back from the chaotic feel in most of there songs, and lay down a couple of seconds of music that really catches your attention. 

Favorite track: My City (My Defeat)

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Father Figures Split by Marcy

Father Figures Split | Marcy

Single Track Release

Milwaukee skramz/punk band Marcy's release, Father Figures Split is a seven and a half minute non-stop release filled with heavy hitting instrumentation and high screeching vocals. Contradicting to the release title, I don't believe this is a split. As I said it's only one song, and it all flows pretty seamlessly. Plus it sounds like the same band throughout. The songs flow as if you were watching a band play through their set list as fast as they can, and even though it's a really lo-fi release, what you can hear from the guitars is something that's fun to listen to. For sure a skramz band. Check it out.

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A Truth Within The Story EP by An Enemy In Us

A Truth Within The Story EP, by An Enemy In Us

1. The Contractor

2. A Truth Within The Story

An Enemy In Us is a local 417 Skramz band that I've gotten the pleasure of playing with. A Truth Within The Story EP is a short release, clocking in at around three and a half minutes. "The Contractor" feels more like an intro into "A Truth Within The Story" than it does an individual song to me. 

"A Truth Within The Story" is a hard hitting, head banging song that goes from a heavy heart pounding part to a slow solo guitar and vocals part and back again. 

Matthew's vocals are really well done, and Stephen's guitar playing is excellent for being the only guitarist in the band. 

These guys sound amazing live, and I'd love to hear more from them in the future. 

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Portraits of Dying by Malon

Portraits of Dying by Malon

1.Socks and Socks and Socks

2. Symphonies in Seashells

3. Shitty Art

4. Drowned in the Caspian Sea

5. A Portrait of Dying

6. Cormorants

7. Pretty Art

8. An Osiria Rose

9. Tree Accidents

Portraits of Dying is the newest release by Malon, an Emo/Skramz/Twinkle band. This release however, is one you can't just place into one category. You have your normal Emo/Twinkle music, you have your Skramz aspects in some places, and you have a Powerviolence aspect in "A Portrait of Dying". The final three tracks switch up the entire release in a strange way, giving a more acoustic feeling, filled with actual singing, and recorded tracks played over the music. The Vocals throughout are well done and the lyrics are something worth deciphering. This release is filled with raw emotion, and is one I'll be listening to for a long time. 

Favorite Track:  Tree Accidents

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