Mirror: 2nd 7″

Description

Four years after their debut, heres the second 7 from this Texan band featuring members of punk royalty like Criaturas, Kurraka, Impalers, Vaaska, Institute, Wiccans, and many others. While no one would mistake Mirror for anything but a hardcore band, theyre a hardcore band that pays close attention to texture and atmosphere. The label that released their first EP called them space punk and I wrote about the woozy, hallucinogenic guitars on that record. However, this time around the swirling feedback gets dialed back in favor of a more streamlined attack akin to the minimalistic creepiness that emanated from 80s Japan, with tracks like Control Group and Hall of Cryptids borrowing the wrecking ball swing of _Fuckedheads_-era Gauze. After four fist-pumpers, the EP reaches a climax with the closing track Cadaver Dogs, which dials back the tempo a hair and sounds like a house show where someones spiked the beer with LSD. Recommended if you like your hardcore raging, slightly left of center, and oozing with personality.