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Note: This is a pre-order. If your order contains this item, your entire order will not ship until the pre-order is released. This item will ship before the March 14, 2025 street date.
Sorry State Records (US) and Drunken Sailor Records (UK) present a new self-titled 5-song EP from Clevelands the Hell. The four to-the-point rippers on the a-side pick up where the Hells 2023 album left off, fusing big riffs (see: Liabilities and Circling the Drain) with agile rhythmic shifts (Cut the Chord) and executing all of it at hardcore tempos. While these tracks have a similar energy to nihilistic punk-on-the-edge-of-hardcore like the Lewd or the Zero Boys, Dirt Nap, which occupies the entire b-side, takes the Hells sound to new places, soaking in eerie tension for several minutes before erupting into a brilliant, Buzzcocks-esque chiming chorus. Atop it all, the Hells vocalist sneers like a weary, middle-aged Darby Crash whose woes have only compounded as life has unfurled. The Hell speaks to the dismay and cynicism we all feel as part of a species in decline, but they also deliver the jolt of energy we need to face another day.
Artwork and design by Keith Caves.
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