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Song Review- Sleepwalk- “Flesh” (re-mastered) off the album Splatter b/w “Hit the Ground” (acoustic).

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Cool news here on two fronts:

This band’s 2018 full LP release Splatter is now out on vinyl for the first time – unfortunately both limited runs of 100 have already sold out…but maybe the label (Quiet Panic) will gift us with another release? 

The first track off of that album (“Flesh”) has also been remastered and is out as a single with the b-side being a nice acoustic take on “Hit the Ground” which can be found on their 2021 album Underneath the Shade.

I thought “Flesh” was great when I first heard it back when it was originally released and this remastered version gives it just a little more lightness than the original.  It also has a cleaner edge to some of the sound without taking away from the gritty, booming texture that makes it such a good song.  

If you get a chance to listen to the Shade version of “Hit the Ground” you will hear a track with quite a bit of frontal distortion and a slightly discordant melody popping up occasionally in the background.  It is a song with a loud, tragic story and the music matches that vibe.  The acoustic take on the b-side of this release takes a different approach, smoothing out the sound and delivering the same story with a more reflective and soft tone. The edginess is gone but still hits home.  The two songs here are also good counterpoints to each other in style and composition.  

Check it out on your favorite streaming channel (link below) – and let me know your thoughts about it – music makes for good conversation 🙂 

https://orcd.co/flesh

And if you have the inclination …think about purchasing it if you can as steaming music does not pay well even times a thousand. 

Check out the awesomeness of your local community when you have a chance! 

Song Review –  Mugger – “This is Ours” off the upcoming album Want the World 

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To go back in time first (as I am prone to do so often) let’s revisit sometime in late 2015 (maybe early 2016?) when I first stumbled upon the band Creepoid and an album called Cemetery Highrise Slum.  You know those moments when you are merrily clicking your way through the used CD’s and muttering to yourself…magical times for sure.  In this case I was out in Santa Cruz having a grand old time of things.  Anyway, I stopped short on this one mostly because of the title as I do like an interesting string of words.  I had never heard of the band but of course purchased it anyway.  It took a bit after that for it to make it to “play” position in my stack of CD’s and vinyl but when it did it was quite the interesting listening session.  It is music that is hard to put a label on and psychedelic-groovy-alt-punk is not really close but let’s go with that for now.  It is still available on Bandcamp (including a 10 year anniversary re-issue of the vinyl).  

All of that to say – Anna (vocals) and Patrick (drums) Troxwell from Creepoid are currently part of Mugger and lend their talents to this early single from the upcoming EP.  There is a heavy vibe to this track with some grungy, distorted guitars & bass and a nice hardcore style with just a touch of heavy metal mixed into the sound.   Clocking in at a quick 1:27 it is a purposeful and direct blast of energy.  

Other musicians on this are: Lisa Alley (bass) and Daniel Fried (guitar). 

You can pre-order this EP (due October 24th from Quiet Panic) here:

https://mugger-tx.bandcamp.com/album/want-the-world

And please remember to support your local community 🙂