EEL / Radioactive: Guilt by Association 7″

Description

Radioactive, veterans of Tokyo hardcore punk scene who played in Ability, Deceiving Society, Kafka, and Dropend, join forces with Pittsburgh’s noise mongers Eel. 300 copies.

Our take: EELs Night Parade of 100 Demons LP was one of my favorite records of 2017, taking the classic Kyushu noise-punk sound to new, more psychedelic places, so I was very excited to hear new material from them. Their three tracks here do not disappoint! The formula is largely the same. EEL would be a great hardcore band with just drums, bass, and vocals, but when they add in their element of harsh noise over that rock-solid foundation it shoots them into the stratosphere.Japans Radioactive arent as texturally rich, but theyre great too. While they have the classic Disorder-style dentist drill guitar, they also seem to take a lot from classic Japanese hardcore, dirtying up the sound of early Paintbox or DSB with harsh noise-punk elements.