Locked Shut - Roll The Dice

 

1. Who are Locked Shut? 

Locked Shut are a hardcore punk band from Missouri, Columbia. They are fronted by Alex Kelly; a successful pop, hip-hop, musician/producer who traded under the moniker of Oliver Francis. Roll The Dice (Sept, 2023) is from a demo but Locked Shut have a debut album out called The New Chaos (August, 2024) that you should also definitely check out. 

2. What kind of song is Roll The Dice? 

Roll The Dice continues a trend of easy listening and accessible hardcore punk with vocals that are sang not shouted and more inventive song structure. There's a word to say obviously for folk who try their luck with the wrong with the wrong person and while it may sound a little try hard I wouldn't say that to their face. Maybe. 

3. Who do Locked Shut sound like? 

SPEED, Turnstile, and Trapped Under Ice. 

4. Which bands have influenced Locked Shut?

Comeback Kid, Turnstile, Green Day, Sum-41, and Saosin. 

5. What have the press said about Locked Shut's music?

"Explosive sound and unrenting energy" - Punkaganda Press. 

"Turbulent and untamed" - Columbia Tribune. 

"Heft and menace" - Revolver Mag.

"So go ahead and push your luck,

Always shootin' double sixes got you all fucked up,

Placin'bets that you can't back up"

TURNSTILE - Holiday

 

1. Who are TURNSTILE? 

TURNSTILE are a hardcore punk band from Baltimore, Maryland, who found mainstream critical and commercial success by incorporating other musical styles into their music. Holiday (June, 2021) is one of their most popular songs and was on their third album Glow On (August, 2021) as well as a previous EP. 

2. What is Holiday all about? 

Holiday is the kind of song to appeal to listeners of mainstream music genres with an appealing juxtaposition of morose and joyful, mellow and raging. The secret to it's success is the bouncy guitar riff though.

3. Which bands do TURNSTILE sound similar to? 

Angel Du$t, Trapped Under Ice, SPEED, and Regulate.

4. Which bands have influenced TURNSTILE? 

Madball, Bad Brains, Power Trip, and Living Colour. 

5. What have people said about Holiday?

"Catchy, punchy and inventive" - NPR.

"Belting lead riff" - NME.

"Jubilant and contagious" - Revolver Mag.

"I wanna celebrate,

So I can never feel the cold"

Conservative Military Image - Yard Hard

1. Who are they?

Conservative Military Image are a hardcore punk band from Chicago/Boston with an Oi sound and they've been running down the streets since 2022 or there abouts. Yard Hard (March, 2023) marches off their first long player Casual Violence (May, 2023).

2. What is Yard Hard about?

A tune about camaraderie in the music scene bursts out of the traps all street fighting skinhead Oi but lays on the fat riffs for the chorus. Done and dusted in a minute flat but catchier than the Thai clap.

3. Which bands do Conservative Military Image sound like?

No one else? A bit like End It, Scowl, SPEED, Agnostic Front, and Violent Way.

4. Which bands have influenced Conservative Military Image?

The main likes are Warzone, early Acca Dacca (AC/DC), The New York Hounds and there is a bit of love for Henry Rollins and Danzig.

5. What have people said about Yard Hard?

"A ripper, as aggressive as it is catchy"- Brooklyn Vegan.

"This band is blowing up and they deserve every bit of it"- Reddit.

"Tried-and-true punk riffs and tough tales of blue-collared life" - Stay Happening.

"You either walk the yard or you're with the guards,

Get your ass over the fence we're going yard hard"