After a desperately long period of inactivity, No Devotion seem to be gearing up for a grand return. First, the band (who appear to have turned from a quintet into the trio of Thursday frontman Geoff Rickly alongside Lee Gaze and Stuart Richardson) announced that their debut album, ‘Permanence’, had been returned to your streaming service of choice after being […]
Read moreAlexisonfire are back! Like back back. Ok, so on one hand, it feels like they were never really gone- the Canadian outfit announced their hiatus in 2011 but were touring again in 2015 and released a trio of new songs pre-pandemic. On the other hand though, it feels like they’ve been gone forever, and every previous hint at a grand […]
Read moreMuch-missed UK hardcore outfit, Bastions, are back. The Welsh four-piece announced their hiatus in 2015, and I remember it feeling sudden and premature at the time. They left behind a handful of EPs, a half hour of vivid, gritty hardcore punk in the shape of their only full-length, and a ton of promise and potential. But to be fair, they […]
Read moreSo, way back when, as we spoke to then-former Brotherhood of the Lake guitarist Rusty about the turbulent past of the band, he briefly suggested the Devon outfit might also have a future. Four years later and now-current Brotherhood of the Lake guitarist Rusty and his bandmates are indeed back. An EP, ‘Segregation is the English Way’, is now available […]
Read moreI know i’m not breaking news here but- Alexisonfire are back! The Canadian crew released their first new song in almost ten years, ‘Familiar Drugs’, this February. I’m sure you’ve heard it by now- it’s a really great track that neatly combines their high energy post-hardcore beginnings with the more grown-up, grungy sound found on 2009’s ‘Old Crows/Young Cardinals’ album. […]
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