Theses guys play a ferocious style of emo / spazz core that falls somewhere between Frodus and Roadside Monument. This is what would happen if the guys from Fugazi bought a case of Jolt Cola, drank it all up in a 15-minute stretch and then decided to record an album. The result: music that makes gutter punk seem tame. Velvet Blue has definitely strayed from their normal shoegazer pop format for this one. For ordering info, write: VBM, pmb 237, 9121 Atlanta Ave, Huntington Beach CA 92646-6309
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Decapolis 2000Reviewed by ConradUm, this music is really hard. This band is hard for me to categorize, but I'll do my best to explain it. If you had a psycho hardcore band playing crazy, shredding, super-technical music you'd get this band. Is there a genre for that? You know how jazz music kind of just goes on with no real direction, but you know its probably good? That's kind of like this band. Its so crazy with all the weird…Decapolis 2000Reviewed by Tom BastianThis was overall, a lot of noise. It sounded technical, but almost too technical. They seemed to spazz out a lot too, and there really wasn't too much consistency between the songs. No matter how hard I try I really can't say I like this the least bit. The only time I thought they sounded somewhat cool was during the slower parts of the songs when they actually sang. I'm sure this band has quite…Decapolis 2000Reviewed by Matt R.Velvet Blue Music charters into new territory with the release of this Canadian band. The kids I think are calling this kind of music spazz-core these days, because of the craziness of the music and the screaming vocals. Like Frodus, Phaedo have that spazzy quality to just bust out all over with grinding guitars and spastic vocals, but they also have that Roadside Monument thing going on with the…The Phantom Tollbooth 1999Reviewed by Josh SpencerNoise rock, boys and girls. The sound of planned chaos. Technical musicianship strapped to a hard core and kicked, spinning, across the playground. It's not all frantic, though; they do slow it down and give you a slow-strum melodic breather every so often. Lots of tempo changes, stop-and-go distortion, both semi-clean singing and weird shouts - this is definitely a possible source of joy for…Similar sounding releases
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