Male Bonding - Nothing Hurts - review

by Dave on Wed, 2010/04/07 - 1:26am


Male Bonding pic by Steve Gullick

Low down? Male Bonding find the perfect home in Sub Pop records and release a blinding debut album. It sucks up all the best 80s hardcore influences - extracting those genius parts of Minutemen and Husker Du that make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end - and blending them with their own punk sensibilities and occasional shoe gaze /psyche tendencies.

The production is choice too - rough cut without ruining what are exceptionally catchy melodies and hooks.

Album of the year so far.

Sounds like? The coolest hit of musical andrenalin.

Shit sandwich? Hardcore sandwich!

Marks out of 10? 10/10

Recommended? Hell yes!  I know I get over excited about things, but I can’t recommend this enough.

Release info? Out on Sub Pop on May 11th.

Website? www.myspace.com/malebonding

Anything else? You can stream the whole fucking thing here, you lucky lucky people:  Edit: Stream has been removed from soundcloud. Can’t say I blame them.  JUST BUY THE LP!

They’re also on tour in the UK at the moment with the excellent Soft Pack. Go to one of the shows! Info on their myspace site.
  • bummer bonding h8R Fri, 2010/05/28 - 1:21pm

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    MINUTEMEN

    husker du?

    ARE U INSANE?!??!?!?!?!

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