Ryan Nicol
While slightly less refined than Duster, this album has a higher production value and is full of massive riffs and fantastic guitar tones. There is something about the production, particularly the drums which sound really intimate and natural. Lovely 90’s underground post-hardcore.
scatterbrainedidiot
An album to turn up to 11 and make the hearing loss worthwhile.
Favorite track: Demons Reloading Such A Beautiful Disease Trigger Pull This Trigger.
WizardOfTheVoid
I really love this and i recommend observer to anyone who also loves this
Favorite track: We've Made A Contact But Worship Silent I Make A Whisper I Am A Sinner.
Just after Mohinder and right before Duster, Calm surfaced in the mid-’90s to feed on the wage-depressed suburban Gen-X malaise. The trio of Clay Parton, Albert Menduno, and Indian Summer’s Marc Bianchi ripped off a six-song EP of chugging riffs, thunderous drums, and muted vocals. Issued in the summer of ’95 on their own Unleaded label, Calm’s untitled 12” was a fresh exhale of post-emo breath. Spiritually borrowing from upperclass indie but working with a no-fi budget, Bart Thurber captured a group of kids coming into their own.
If I had a time machine, I wouldn't use it to go back and do gravity bong rips with Jesus or put a bouncing Betty landmine in Baby Hitler's nappy... No, I would only use it to go back and watch Mohinder play live once again.
Over and over and over again Blxculx
you're a larva. your mom has dropped you off in a bush for day care. your mom has gone off to work already but no one else has shown up. what kind of daycare is this? wait, this isn't even a bush. this is some guy's mustache and he is an educational clown; he's teaching a bunch of kids how to turn a comb into a kazoo. this is terrible! this guy can't play comb kazoo for $h*+, but at least the vibrations are nice. may as well take a nap and wait for mom to come back. hope he doesn't eat hot soup slobberkissintl
I'll never forget picking up this 7" back in '93. Sitting in a smoky, poorly-lit room, enraptured by the sounds coming out of the hifi. This was, in my record collection then, surrounded by some real greats; UOA, Born Against, Angel Hair, Chino Horde. But THIS release was in a league of its own. I wish I still had my 7" collection... But I can't thank Numero enough for keeping these sounds available. That is SO important. Vital. Crucial. Blxculx
A confident blend of emo, pop, and hardcore from the rising Philadelphia band, featuring introspective lyrics and churning melodies. Bandcamp New & Notable May 25, 2022
Bright and dazzling guitar pop radiates out from this irresistible LP from Mint Green, with choruses as big as summer sky. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 5, 2022
Rising Philadelphia band balance oversized pop punk hooks with vivid, intimate lyrics, presenting a raw, honest vision of guitar music. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 30, 2022