It's always hard to review a release that features the band of a couple of friends, especially since you're either afraid of telling the truth or your judgement isn't the most objective and you think everything they do is fucking awesome. But when the band is called The Afternoon Gentlemen it's hard not to be excited when they've got a new release out, a split with Canadian grinders OSK this time. And is it good? Yes it is! TAG start of with a rerecorded (I think) song that also can be found on the European Fastness compilation (that also features 4 other cool bands, ahum) and adds 3 other beersoaked grind/thrash anthems, no need to namedrop bands on how TAG sound, they're good and you know it, so that's reason 1 to buy this split. Reason 2 is OSK, because eventhough they sound slightly different, they also how grindcore should be played. Straight forward blastcore with hints of crust and metal might be the correct term to describe them, really. I hadn't heard of the band before, but the vocals remind me of Mudlark, so I wouldn't be surprised if the band consists of some ex-Mudlark members and it would also explain their wickedness. Whatever. Buy this from your local distro or mailorder, many labels from all over the globe released this, so it should be fairly easy to get your hands on a copy!
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
The Afternoon Gentlemen/OSK - split EP
It's always hard to review a release that features the band of a couple of friends, especially since you're either afraid of telling the truth or your judgement isn't the most objective and you think everything they do is fucking awesome. But when the band is called The Afternoon Gentlemen it's hard not to be excited when they've got a new release out, a split with Canadian grinders OSK this time. And is it good? Yes it is! TAG start of with a rerecorded (I think) song that also can be found on the European Fastness compilation (that also features 4 other cool bands, ahum) and adds 3 other beersoaked grind/thrash anthems, no need to namedrop bands on how TAG sound, they're good and you know it, so that's reason 1 to buy this split. Reason 2 is OSK, because eventhough they sound slightly different, they also how grindcore should be played. Straight forward blastcore with hints of crust and metal might be the correct term to describe them, really. I hadn't heard of the band before, but the vocals remind me of Mudlark, so I wouldn't be surprised if the band consists of some ex-Mudlark members and it would also explain their wickedness. Whatever. Buy this from your local distro or mailorder, many labels from all over the globe released this, so it should be fairly easy to get your hands on a copy!
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