{"id":15795,"date":"2021-06-17T05:00:42","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T05:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=15795"},"modified":"2021-06-14T18:15:35","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T18:15:35","slug":"muscle-vest-live-laugh-loathe-bandcamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=15795","title":{"rendered":"Muscle Vest &#8211; \u2018Live Laugh Loathe\u2019 (Bandcamp)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/a2121846547_10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-15797 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/a2121846547_10-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/a2121846547_10-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/a2121846547_10-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/a2121846547_10-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/a2121846547_10-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/a2121846547_10-1140x1140.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/a2121846547_10-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/a2121846547_10.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Exploring oppressive elements of modern society from morals-free corporatism to toxic masculinity, cults of personality, and a dash of Lovecraftian horror. All through the medium of noisy hardcore.\u00a0 What&#8217;s not to like eh?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Formed in 2018 over a mutual appreciation for ugly rock music, MUSCLE VEST has been making waves across the London alt-rock scene with their brand of abrasive sardonic noise rock.\u00a0\u00a0Made up of veterans of London\u2019s music scene (Massacres, Lull, Thunder On The Left, Bourgeois &amp; Maurice, etc.) and taking influence from bands such as Pissed Jeans, Melvins, Mclusky, The Jesus Lizard and Whores, MUSCLE VEST aim to reflect the struggle of the average person against an exploitative system within a crumbling state. Righto,\u00a0 \u00a0A follow-up to 2020\u2019s debut EP &#8216;Human Resources&#8217;\u00a0 the collective has gone for another lockdown EP.\u00a0 Kicking off with the energetic hardcore banger that is &#8216;Creepy Crawlie&#8217; built on a whirling repetitive riff and full force rhythm section it&#8217;s capped off with some strained vocals.\u00a0 Perfect alt hardcore UK style.\u00a0 Set to raise some summer lockdown temperatures the song is a soaring beast of an opener from start to finish and a very decent opener.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2tUSLgHwuM8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A decent opener is only lifted by the second track &#8216;Stray&#8217; being better with a more brutal riff and a fierce rhythm section elevated higher by a proper shouty vocal not a million miles from Idles in its delivery and off the wall lyrics.\u00a0 Top tune.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;A Slow Death&#8217; is more of the same thanks and why the fuck not! Crash, Bang, Wallop boys and girls.\u00a0 Quite exhausting and intense.\u00a0 To sign off they turn the burners up a tad and let fucking fly with a one-minute and forty-five-second blast of sonic hardcore that would be a fantastic scene of limbs in a sweaty heaving pit.\u00a0 You don&#8217;t need any more than four tracks when they are as intense as this and quality counts and the old adage is served well here.\u00a0 Leave them wanting more.\u00a0 Until next time put on your shit kickers and kick some shit &#8211; Muscle Vest is in da house and they&#8217;re not taking any prisoners &#8211; top turn playing top tunes. HArdcore as fuck! ave it!<\/p>\n<p>Buy <a href=\"https:\/\/musclevest.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Author: Dom Daley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exploring oppressive elements of modern society from morals-free corporatism to toxic masculinity, cults of personality, and a dash of Lovecraftian horror. 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