IN DEFENCE/MOTHER SPEED – Split EP

      Found out about this split when I saw In Defence live a while back and had to check it out.  In Defence’s side carries on the band’s move towards a more metal influenced style of HC punk with songs about people you wish would leave, 80s dance parties, and mall punks dished out with scooped tone guitar and an in your face sonic palette.  Mother Speed take over the flip side with a more traditional loud fast HC for the most part though the last song takes things in a direction you don’t see coming with songs about a blob, partying, and the like that have a sense of humor.  In both cases the sound has a no holds barred approach and refuses to let up.  In one seven-inch record we see two bands that take HC punk and put their own approach on the subgenre.  (BOONE)

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