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We’re thrilled to premiere ‘Kick Me’, a new song and video by the Swiss alternative rock band Blackest Heart.
You can check it out at Thoughts Words Action; https://thoughtswordsaction.com/2024/08/30/premiere-blackest-heart-share-new-single-and-video-kick-me/
on digital channels here: https://linktr.ee/blackestheart
and the video on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/RIINYrOtp5c
Blasting out of Marseille, France’s hardcore heroes Wake The Dead are back with a new line-up and new songs!
Boasting an awesome new vocalist in Aleksandra they’ve been in rehearsals and are keen to hit the road again.
As a show of intent WTD have launched the new song and video ‘With No Regrets’ from today. Check out the video on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/aJeSd4ADArA?si=-ch4om9s_D9vZYEp
If you’ve ever wondered what emo-violence was, would sound like, and what kind of impact and effect it would have on you and those (un)lucky enough to be in close proximity to you, then you need to spend a couple of minutes familiarising yourself with Thoughts Words Action’s review of The World Is Cursed the debut album by the current Hardcore Heavyweight Champions of Emo-Violence, Letterbombs.
Premiere: Blackest Heart share new single and video 'Kick Me'
We’re thrilled to premiere 'Kick Me', a new song and video by the Swiss alternative rock band Blackest Heart.
You can check it out at Thoughts Words Action; https://thoughtswordsaction.com/2024/08/30/premiere-blackest-heart-share-new-single-and-video-kick-me/
on digital channels here: https://linktr.ee/blackestheart
and the video on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/RIINYrOtp5c
“The song is about frustration and resistance against the current social and political situation. The lyrics address disinformation, societal dissatisfaction, manipulation by media and institutions. It also alludes to the violence and oppression people experience. The chorus emphasizing the desperation and constant suppression.” BLACKEST HEART
https://www.engineerrecords.com/post/premiere-blackest-heart-share-new-single-and-video-kick-me
Blackest Hearts' music video for "Kick Me" from their album 'There Will Be Light'. Buy/stream at http://blackestheartmusic.com/Subscribe to our channel: http...
Heads up dudes! Scunny with USA and On The Brink (Sheffield)
Premiere: Blackest Heart Share New Single And Video “Kick Me”
Link in the first comment.
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Here's a present just for you...
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If you’ve ever wondered what emo-violence was, would sound like, and what kind of impact and effect it would have on you and those (un)lucky enough to be in close proximity to you, then you need to spend a couple of minutes familiarising yourself with Thoughts Words Action's review of 'The World Is Cursed' the debut album by the current Hardcore Heavyweight Champions of Emo-Violence, Letterbombs.
It’s an easy-to-read and follow quick guide to the sub-genre, that sums Letterbombs, their music, and everything you ever wanted to know about emo-violence up by saying that all three “offer a raw, unfiltered glimpse into the human condition, delivered with an invigorating and unsettling ferocity”. And if that doesn’t completely sell you on the band, and the scene that they rule over, then maybe you’re not quite as emo as you thought you were…
https://thoughtswordsaction.com/2024/08/28/letterbombs-the-world-is-cursed-lp-engineer-records/
THE WORLD IS CURSED... // LP OUT NOW.
Bandcamp: https://shorturl.at/OciGB
Spotify: https://shorturl.at/iZ6Hu
Vinyl:
Desperate Infant Records (HK)
Di*******ry records and distribution (DE)
Engineer Records (UK)
Fireflies Fall (FR)
No Funeral Records (CA)
PASIDARYK PATS records (LT)
SHOVE records (IT)
Tape:
Semi Collective Records (USA)
If you’ve ever wondered what emo-violence was, would sound like, and what kind of impact and effect it would have on you and those (un)lucky enough to be in close proximity to you, then you need to spend a couple of minutes familiarising yourself with Thoughts Words Action's review of The World Is...
The Spanish philosopher George Satanaya once said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”, and much as we wish that the bastions of the late nineties emo scene Joshua would return to save us from our musical sins, maybe they don’t need to as their last, and possibly best, record Nascent has just been reissued on vinyl, to show us all the self-manufactured errors of twenty-first-century emo scene.
Thoughts Words Action said that Nascent was “a significant cornerstone in the annals of 1990s emo and post-hardcore music” and that the reissue is “not just a nod to the past, but a celebration of the enduring power of music to connect, inspire, and transform”, so if you want to find out why yesterday was better, musically than today, then maybe you need a daily dose of Joshua (the band)…
The Spanish philosopher George Satanaya once said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”, and much as we wish that the bastions of the late nineties emo scene Joshua would return to save us from our musical sins, maybe they don’t need to as their last, and possibly be...
See you next month sickos
“Packing Up My Knives”
Streaming everywhere 9/27/24
From the upcoming micro horror film MEAT LOVERS, which is in festival viewings now!
Artwork by the epic who designed a larger scale of this for the movie poster. Check out their work. It’s brilliantly grotesque.
ALERTA ALERTA VI - 16 -17 sierpnia 2024 KrzeczówZERO AGAIN▪️HUMAN FAULT▪️JAVVS▪️DRAH▪️KARA▪️ BRUDNE CZYNY▪️LOCK DAWN▪️FAUL TECHNICZNY▪️UNBEATEN▪️SUROWICA▪️CH...
Calamba City! See you all tomorrow at TIGER-EYE LOUNGE.
Our second album will be recorded by the end of the year and released via Sanctus Propaganda early 2025 and plans are afoot for a couple of weekenders overseas for spring time in countries we've never played before.
In the meantime here's our current announced gigs til the end of the year...
31st August - DLH Funday, Bristol
5th October - Zephyrs, Sheffield
12th October - The Birds Nest, London
27th October - The Vic Inn, Derby
5th November - Exchange, Bristol
21st December - The Cavern, Exeter
Review: Letterbombs – The World Is Cursed… LP (Engineer Records)
Link in the first comment.
Engineer Records
Thoughts Words Action review Sammy Kay’s ‘July 1960’ LP
“July 1960” is the latest full-length album by Sammy Kay, a critically acclaimed Asbury Park, New Jersey-based singer-songwriter. The album consists of ten excellent compositions that will suit even the pickiest listeners. Soundwise, Sammy Kay combines the singer-songwriter approach with some of the finest properties borrowed from Americana, indie folk, folk rock, and folk punk. He uses all these styles as more than necessary enhancements, accentuations, decorations, and other details to uplift his music to new heights while remaining loyal to the primary sonic direction he’s widely known for. These experimentations resulted in a comprehensive collection of catchy, memorable, engaging songs, suitable for any mood, situation, and occasion.
Fat Heaven will be back in the studio over the next weeks recording brand new tracks for us all to enjoy, (Can’t wait!) but in the meantime they’ve been busy touring and gigging and this video for ‘Control the State’ taken from the Sell The Heart ‘Camp Punksylvania’ compilation reminds us of their trip to California... https://youtu.be/ZB32CVnuOh0?si=0Q4URYcCtY5nkMxH
Thoughts Words Action review Sammy Kay's 'July 1960' LP...
“July 1960” is the latest full-length album by Sammy Kay, a critically acclaimed Asbury Park, New Jersey-based singer-songwriter. The album consists of ten excellent compositions that will suit even the pickiest listeners. Soundwise, Sammy Kay combines the singer-songwriter approach with some of the finest properties borrowed from Americana, indie folk, folk rock, and folk punk. He uses all these styles as more than necessary enhancements, accentuations, decorations, and other details to uplift his music to new heights while remaining loyal to the primary sonic direction he’s widely known for. These experimentations resulted in a comprehensive collection of catchy, memorable, engaging songs, suitable for any mood, situation, and occasion.
Sammy Kay’s raspy voice serves as a centerpiece of this material. He seamlessly navigates low, mid, and high notes while commanding attention and guiding the listener through each song. His sincere, confident, and emotive vocal harmonies emphasize each segment and instrumentation, making this album such a pleasant listening experience worth revisiting over and over again. In the meantime, the entire amalgam of instrumentation shapes such a mesmerizing backdrop for all the vocals to shine upon. The calm, soothing, relaxing, ethereal chord progressions are upfront, giving more than necessary support for dominant leads and accentuations delivered on harmonica. You’ll also notice some marvelous sonic maneuvers supplied by pedal steel guitar, mellotron, and piano that undoubtedly give more complexity and depth to these songs and make this entire sonic voyage even more pleasing. The equally intricate, warm-sounding low-ends contributed by the outstanding upright bass performance offer even more heaviness, clarity, and depth to these songs while the occasional trombone appearance spices things up.
With an impressive sonic arsenal like this, Sammy Kay delivers heartfelt performances where raw emotion and polished instrumental sounds resonate with precision and finesse, providing a set of compositions about friendships, relations, love, and other topics that define life and us as human beings. His poetic lyricism and honesty will immediately grab your attention and you’ll hold this album as one of the favorites in your record collection. Tracks like “How Fast To Run,” “Greyhound Bus,” “Love Song,” “Another Letter To My Former Self,” “Jim’s Ride Home,” “Skeletons,” and “Meet You In Mexico” are standouts, but you should pay attention to the entire material, as “July 1960” is probably the best singer-songwriter album you’ll hear this year. This fine piece of artistry is available on Coke bottle clear and black vinyl via Engineer Records and Sell The Heart Records, and you can also snag a limited edition vinyl with screen printed cover via Sammy Kay’s Bandcamp page. Don’t miss it!
Thoughts Words Action Sammy Kay Sell The Heart Records Engineer Records
https://thoughtswordsaction.com/2024/08/22/sammy-kay-july-1960-lp-engineer-records-sell-the-heart-records/?fbclid=IwY2xjawE2j7BleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHbbDBvcLYlR6Aa3gf5iLmj2WHNJ0Zv3qJi6kFxc1G1RQlvwRrkfAV8pipw_aem_LhL7XDATmqxKp7aBiH0z1g
https://www.engineerrecords.com/post/thoughts-words-action-review-sammy-kay-s-july-1960-lp
“July 1960” is the latest full-length album by Sammy Kay, a critically acclaimed Asbury Park, New Jersey-based singer-songwriter. The album consists of ten excellent compositions that will suit even the pickiest listeners. Soundwise, Sammy Kay combines the singer-songwriter approach with some of...
Fat Heaven tour video...
Fat Heaven will be back in the studio over the next weeks recording brand new tracks for us all to enjoy, (Can't wait!) but in the meantime they've been busy touring and gigging and this video for 'Control the State' taken from the Sell Te Heart 'Camp Punksylvania' compilation reminds us of their trip to California... https://youtu.be/ZB32CVnuOh0?si=0Q4URYcCtY5nkMxH
Fat Heaven's superb shot of energy album, 'Trashlife' is still available on 12" vinyl LP from Engineer Records in the UK & Europe and Sell The Heart Records in the USofA.
https://www.engineerrecords.com/post/fat-heaven-tour-video
Fat Heaven will be back in the studio over the next weeks recording brand new tracks for us all to enjoy, (Can't wait!) but in the meantime they've been busy touring and gigging and this video for 'Control the State' taken from the Sell Te Heart 'Camp Punksylvania' compilation reminds us of their tr...
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We're home and sadly back to reality after a great weekend in Poland. We wanna say a massive thank you to everyone involved in putting on the gigs at the ADA Puławska on Friday and Alerta Alerta Fest on Saturday - both were enjoyed immensely.
It was brilliant to catch up with some familiar faces and catch some quality bands across the two gigs; KMKZ being a particular highlight. Check em out if you're unfamiliar. Huge respect to Kara, KMKZ and Unbeaten for lending us gear to actually play!
Finally a gigantic thanks to the band dad Ted Kaczyński for ferrying us around the country, buying us ice cream & Burritos, being translator and all round legend.
We've got a couple of weeks before we play the annual DLH Funday extravaganza at Dean Lane Skatepark on the 31st - things are gonna get messy.
Album no 2. Recording is booked.
8 track album
Piledriver headline the Pagadian Hardcore Festival tonight!
Great to see having such a great time rocking gigs in Poland this weekend. It was the ADA Pulawskq show in Warsaw last night and today they will tear things up at the Alerta Alerta Fest. When they return to the UK there will be shows in Bristol in August, Sheffield, London and Derby in October, Bristol again In November and a Christmas special in Exeter with GBH in December.
It’s time for the Slow Apocalypse
Ghost Wounds from Eastern Pennsylvania, a band comprised of ex-members of Speedwell, Meredith Bragg + the Terminals, Carpenter Ant, Sound of Reverse, Wondertaker, and more are about to release their debut seven-inch, Slow Apocalypse EP, and before it’s even hit the streets, it’s already reassured MP3 Hugger that “punk is safe for the time being.”
But it isn’t just MP3 Hugger that are losing their minds over Ghost Wounds debut EP, as Plastic Mag said “Having made their artistic intentions clear on Slow Apocalypse EP, Ghost Wounds have staked their claim as a must-watch newcomer trio that’s sure to win over fans around the world with their extraordinary sound. With original songwriting flair and the musicianship panache to bring it to life, we can’t wait to see what this exciting new outing has in store for the rest of 2024 and beyond.”
And if that wasn’t enough to get you fired up about Ghost Wounds, Return of Rock added “Ghost Wounds come across as a fresh and exciting addition to the scene” and Mystic Sons claimed that “‘Slow Apocalypse’ is exactly the kind of soundtrack we need as the world gradually burns.”
With that sort of scene support, and built incredibly personal songs about national, and global devastation, Slow Apocalypse should be right at the top of your vinyl pull list.
And if it isn’t, head over to Better Living Through Records and Engineer Records, join the cool kids club, and pre-order your copy of Slow Apocalypse…
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Brand new video for 'Indignation' by Stubborn Will premieres on HCWW on 27th December as a special holiday treat for you all. Here's a teaser...
It's alive! Welly Artcore's new book 'Directions to the outskirts of town - Punk rock tour diaries from nineties North America' is available to order direct from Earth Island Books website with a poster and bookmark, or from your local book stores in the US as shipping costs from UK to US really suck. #Punk #Tours #Book #ChaosUK #FourLetterWord #7Seconds #YouthBrigade #SwingingUtters #EyeHateGod #PinheadCircus #BrandNewUnit #Turmoil
Stick it in your ears and your punk rock souls! “Jarring”, the first single from @neckscars debut album Don’t Panic is officially live on streaming platforms. Pitter patter, then! If you have a playlist that showcases new music or music within the greater punk universe, consider adding this great track to it, we’d surely appreciate it. And don’t forget to pre-order the full length album! . . . #Selltheheartrecords #punk #postrock #postpunk #vinyl #recordlabel #postmetal #vinylrecords #vinylcollector #recordlabel #indielabel #diy #vinyljunkie #vinyladdict #newmusic #punkrockvinyl #coloredvinyl #decentcriminal #rlnd #middleagedqueers #unconditionalarms #systemrestore #tulpaluna #adamgnade #neckscars
Get this in your eyeballs and make your day better! @allaboard Fed up with everything? Want to get out of day to day business and spend your whole day in a dive bar? Go ahead, little Szyzlak – this is your anthem. ################################# 57 WALNUT STREET is the second single off of our upcoming album #therulesofdistraction (May 21st via @bakraufarfitarecords , @dr.skaprecords & @engrecsguy Go ahead and check out the video and preorder the record. Link in bio! 🎥 by @jannikholdt
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