Homemade Speed: Faster Is Better 7″

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Fuck Richmond, fuck Virginia Beach, fuck Norfolk, fuck New York, fuck Straight Edge….. THIS IS HOMEMADE SPEED!!!

Our take: Those of us in the mid-Atlantic hardcore scene have been aware of this group of young miscreants making noise in the Norfolk / Virginia Beach area for some time, and Im stoked the rest of the world now gets to acquaint themselves with this groups fresh take on raw, fast hardcore punk. As befitting the bands name and the records title, the A side of Faster Is Better is a blistering sprint inspired by bands like early D.R.I., Septic Death, and Deep Wound who pressed against the limits of their drummers right hands and their listeners processing capacity. The short instrumentalwhich sounds like they plucked it from a long-lost Mystic Records 7makes it clear Homemade Speed isnt afraid to squeeze in a hook here and there, then the other three tracks are off to the races. While hardcore this fast probably all sounds the same to many people, I think Homemade Speed has a unique sound on their blistering parts, anchored by a drummer with a unique swing to his fast beat and a habit of punctuating bars with Minor Threat-esque compact snare rolls. The four songs on the B side slow things down just a hair, but the grooves are similarly slinky, allowing the chaos to shine through on moments like the climactic double-tracked guitar solo in Nothing Left. If youre a fan of the blisteringly fast, raw, and wild hardcore punk we like to push here at Sorry Stateparticularly if bands like Shaved Ape, Meat House, and G.U.N. have been on your playlistHomemade Speeds debut EP is essential listening.