Saturday, December 12, 2009

It's understandable, they come from Adelaide

Coerce: a raw punk quartet from the South Australian capital, Adelaide.

Press release says something about Refused and At the Drive-In, should also mention lots about The Nation Blue but widely assumed critics no nothing so we won't mention colleagues.
Trance, Viper, Dance provides a roughshod introduction and yeah, you can hear yourself a whole bunch of ATDI, Cedric style screaming, some gang vocals and a rhythm section a little too in lock step.

The dude who sings (information is hard to come by) shreds successfully but it's the bands guitarist that makes this debut interesting. There are different tones from song-to-song and there's a willingness to adventure into more than just black and white. Different shades permeate songs like the dark title track, Silver Tongued Life Licker.

The 45 odd minutes here is best described as a ride on The Ghost Train at Luna Park followed by four and three quarter pots at the Espy. It's fun, rowdy, sometimes edging towards chaos and mostly good times.

1 comment:

Shaun Prescott said...

Have you heard Extortion from Perth? Hardcore, but catchy and awesome. Also Wasted Truth from Melbourne - their track World War 4 is one of the most punishing songs all year.Only catch is that they released their debut on cassette and it's long sold out, but you can get the free download at inverted-crux.blogspot.com