Hi again Sorry State friends! How are you? Last week was the first staff pick I missed since I started working here! I was in DC watching one of my old favorites, Pavement, play a killer show that was full of jaw dropping “I can’t believe they’re playing this!” moments. It was so much fun. I’ve gone crazy seeing as many shows as I could in the last two years. It’s just been pure gluttony.
Thankfully, there are some sick local shows coming up. Namely the Woodstock 99, Scarecrow, and Meathouse gig in Raleigh on the 22nd! Super stoked for that one.
So last week I would’ve written about Sniffany and the Nits, which sold out super fast for good reason. But that was last week and today is today, and my pick for this week is Indre Krig’s Destroyer EP. I was just turned on to this K-town hardcore band recently by my colleagues, who played with them during their European tour. So when we got their EP, I popped it right on. As the first 20 seconds filled the room, I liked it right away, and I expressed this with many unsophisticated words of affirmation like “yeah… oh yeah… yep… mmm hmm.” I’ve easily played it more than a dozen times this week.
This is some in your face, short and sweet speedy hardcore punk from Denmark. I’m still working it out with myself, but I’m also getting a hint of something else in their style. I think that “something else” is a 90s era PNW kind of sound. Like a speedier 7 Year Bitch, if you will. Whatever it is, it makes me like it even more.
It’s hardcore, so it’s obviously gonna be loud and fast, but they’re also mindful about changing up the pace, and making the very most of the time they’ve got from start to finish. I love the low slung crunchy bass, which is especially apparent on Pinball Eyes, my favorite track. I don’t even know if I can call it the bridge because that’s hard for me to discern when a song is so short, but the guitar riff, drum beat, and vocals that quickly follow in the last 20 seconds or so of this track is so killer. Other standouts are Loudhead and Destroyer. To be honest, every song is pretty much as good as the next.
And who doesn’t love a six track EP that clocks in about 10 minutes, but that doesn’t short change you at all? That’s what you’re getting with this one. Even down to the packaging, this is a well-done piece of wax. Grab one! You won’t be disappointed.
Take a listen below!
See ya next week! Thanks for reading!
-Angela