Saturday, January 25, 2014

Princess/Selling Sulfur/Made In China Records/2013 EP Review


  Princess  are  a  band  from  Seattle,  Washington  that  plays  a  very  heavy  and  aggressive  form  of  hardcore  punk  mixed  with  post  punk  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2013  ep  "Selling  Sulfur"  which  was  released  by  made In  China  Records.

  The  ep  starts  out with  distorted  garage  rock  noises  along  with  bass  and  drums  which  leads  to  melodic  solos  and  then  the  music  goes  into  a  heavier  direction  along  with  aggressive  hardcore  punk  style  shouting  while  also  using  clean  singing.

   As  the  ep  continues  the  band  mix  garage,  post  and  hardcore  together  and  bring  back  the  mid  80's  early  90's  Seattle  sound  and  after  awhile  they  start  to  speed  up  a  bit  after  having  a  few  really  slow  songs.

  On  this  ep  Princess  goes  back  20 to  25  years  and  bring  back  a  heavy  post/hardcore  sound  from  back  when  post  did  not  mean  poppy  and  they  also  bring  in  garage  and  grunge  elements  to  create  a  very  retro  orientated  sound.

  Song lyrics  cover  everyday  themes,  while  the  production  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy  and  professional  sound  where  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on t his  recording.

  In  my  opinion  Princess  are  a  very  decent  sounding  of  garage,  grunge,  post  and  hardcore  punk  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "The  Desert  Deep"  and  "Shaka".  7/5  out  of  10.  

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