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"

Bad World (Bite The Hand) - Brutal By Design

 

1. Who are Bad Word (Bite The Hand)? 

Bite The Hand are a hardcore punk band from San Francisco, California. They formed in 2022 and Brutal By Design (February, 2024) is off their second E.P. of the same name. 

2. What has Brutal By Design got? 

Brutal Design has the color-by-the-numbers, fists-in-the-air, righteous anger and aggression to be expected from a hardcore banger but it's the differences that make it standout; the slow grinding groove, heavy metal guitar riffs and the Indian tabla drum, a feature of Indian folk and popular music. It's outside the box and a melodic ear worm.

3. Which bands do Bad World (Bite The Hand) sound like? 

Sick Of It All, Biohazard, Sabretooth Zombie, and Paint It Black.

4. Which bands have influenced Bad World (Bite The Hand)? 

They have mentioned some love for Bitter End, Blacklisted, Cold World, and Power Trip. 

5. What have the cut and paste bandits said about Brutal By Design?

"Swinging down the power of a wood chopper" - Distorted Sound. 

"Sharp riffs and punchy attitude" - Metal Noise. 

"Draws from the bounce of Californian hardcore bands and infuses a sharp, full, tough sound" - The Punk Site.

"I've lost all control,

Now I'm stuck staring at hot coal,

With war on my mind"

SPEED - Don't Need

1. Who are SPEED?

SPEED are a hardcore punk band from Sydney, Australia. They formed in 2019 and Don't Need (June, 2024) is the third single from their debut album Only One Mode (July, 2024).

2. What does Don't Need bring? 

Don't Need is a hardcore punk song with more twists and turns than a rabbit being chased by a greyhound. It is ten modes in one song and it slaps you in the face with it's wild variations in tone and pace. Don't Need is sophisticated, innovative and aggressive and SPEED are a politically conscious band with integrity and morals. The real deal.

3. Which bands are SPEED similar to? 

Turnstile, High Vis, Angel Du$t.

4. Which bands have influenced SPEED? 

The singer Jem Siow mentioned some love as a young'un for Linkin Park and Parkway Drive. 

5. What have people said about Don't Need?

"Another swaggering, chest-thumping anthem" - Stereogum.

"Showing the true meaning of hardcore" - Kerrang!

"Tough-as-nails hardcore anthem bursting with NYHC toughness" - Alt Press.

"You keep runnin and runnin that mouth,

Don't waste your breath on me"

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"