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New tape from this killer band out of Mexico. Limited to 50 copies.
Our take: World Gone Mad brings us another release from Mexico’s Reptoides. Like the others, this one has a green color scheme and is weird as hell, but this time it’s limited to only 50 copies so you’d better jump fast if you’re a fan. Reptoides’ previous EP on WGM was quirky, but they dive off the deep end with El Marcianismo. It’s still hardcore punk, but they push the sound in weird and unexpected directions. The guitar and bass often sound out of tune with one another, the effects pedals have every knob turned to 10, and the record’s mix is odd, dominated by a blaring crash cymbal. The vocalist sounds like they’re taking inspiration from the weirdest elements of Sakevi’s vocals in G.I.S.M. There’s still a loose and wild hardcore punk record at the core of El Marcianismo, but it’s coated in a thick layer of weird and unsettling sounds.