I’m not sure what took me off guard more; that sound4sound
are a hardcore band, that they have hardcore bands in Miami, or that I found
myself kind of liking them. This tape might end up surprising people for all
the aforementioned reasons.
I guess no one told these guys that hardcore bands aren’t
supposed to use bold green font on their j-card or bright orange cassettes if
they wanted to appear ‘punk’. Maybe they want to create a new punk aesthetic
based around color schemes which could trigger epileptics.
Looks aside, the music is pretty standard hardcore. “Making
the Right Ear Jealous” is a compilation of the band’s “Rat Bastard” EP, 2
demos, and an unreleased track. I felt like I got a good overview from this.
Nothing stood out but they weren’t bad either. If you arbitrarily need to pick
a hardcore band to listen to and landed on sound4sound as your choice, you
wouldn’t be disappointed. Being a middle of the road band is a lot better than
being a crappy band. With the relentless vocals delivered by Adel Souto and
solid guitar work from Bryan Elliot I’ll keep an eye open if I see any future
releases. Speaking of eyes, make sure to
lower the brightness on your screen before clicking the link below to stream or
buy.
Stream + Buy: https://sound4sound.bandcamp.com/releases
--Roy Blumenfeld
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