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Friday February 25th, 2005:
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Life Crisis
Unpeaceful Protest
Get Revenge! Records
Also in the package with the brilliant Christian Club record I reviewed a few days ago was this EP from their fellow San Diegoans (is that a word?) Life Crisis. However, whereas Christian Club were doing the heavy, midwest hardcore-inspired thing, Life Crisis are straight-up blitzkrieg thrash a la early Corrosion of Conformity, MDC and DRI. Yeah, there's a slight hint of crossover, but this isn't about riffs; it's about pure, exhiliarating speed, and Life Crisis are faster and tighter than just about any non-grindcore band out there right now.
Like the Christian Club EP, I just love the production on this 7". The title track sounds like it's about to rip a hole through my speakers; it's so clear, tight and powerful that I'm convinced whoever is responsible for getting this sound should travel around and teach seminars to local hardcore bands about what their records should sound like. If you like the production on COC's Six Songs with Mike Singing you'll almost certainly agree that this thing is a sure-fire ripper.
It isn't just production that makes this band, though. These songs are just wild, keeping you on your toes with little breakdowns and fills in all the right places. While 90% of the bands out there who attempt to play fast hardcore just end up sounding generic, Life Crisis are constructing perfectly-crafted hardcore songs that hit you right in the gut where this music should.
If you haven't done so already, get your ass over to the Get Revenge! web site and order this and the Christian Club EP. Both are limited to only 500 copies so act fast now, as there's no doubt in my mind that music this great will eventually catch on and you'll be kicking yourself for reading this review and not checking out these bands when I told you about them.
Posted by Daniel at 09:05 AM
Life Crisis: Unpeaceful Protest (Get Revenge Records) Holy shit, this has a touch of Black Flag and Circle Jerks, but vocally reminds me of D.R.I.. Yes, this is thrash in its purest form. The vocals rule, they are all over the place. The guitars sound excellent, that thin Marshal sound that is so needed in this style of hardcore. Everything is hectic and teetering on the edge of a nervous break down. This is something I would have loved when I was a kid. There are parts that oddly remind me of early Murphy’s Law, maybe it’s because this record is so much fun. I want to blast a tape of this out of a grey boom box while skating an empty pool in a ripped up C.O.C. shirt. If you get the last sentence then you need to buy this record. If not, well you still need to buy this along with some C.O.C., D.R.I. and Cryptic Slaughter LP’s.
10 Jan 2005 by Scott J
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slug n lettuce review (#83)
Life Crisis - Unpeaceful Protest 7"
Wow! this is pretty amazing. Super fast thrash-a-thon hardcore, ala the old school 80's era. Anti war songs about the USA's permanent state of war, and toxic pollution. When is enough enough? And how bad does it have to get before you give a shit is the general idea here. There's also a good rhyming fuck punk song, which is kinda strange but I think it's funny, "punk's a bust, no one to trust, I hate punk it's fuckin' junk". This totally reminds me of the Reagan era of hardcore and I picture Brandon from Direct Control and Robert from What Happens Next? losing thier mind over this hardcore thrash-a-thon. Good shit that would have been even better if their thanks list didn'y say "thanks bitches!"(-chris)
MRR (#262) REVIEW:
LIFE CRISIS - Unpeaceful Protest EP
Six Tracks of fast, energetic, politically fueled hardcore packed with a loathing for george bush. LIFE CRISIS probably won'y change your life, but it's fun to listen to and better than a lot of junk that piles up around here(VH)
(our side note: if you've read (VH's) other reviews in the past, this is actually a great review from him. this guy hates everything!)
also from MRR (#262) REVIEW:
(yes we were actually reviewed twice in the same issue! this one is from regular contributor Al Quint in the columns section)
LIFE CRISIS - Unpeaceful Protest EP (Get Revenge)
I have to thank Nate from Gloom Records for turning me on to this San Diego band. Not long after checking out some mp3's, this record appeared in my mailbox. Occasionally, life is great. I like my hardcore punk loud, fast, and uncomplicated, and LIFE CRISIS has that sound cold. They remind me of the underrated local band OUT COLD, with thier angry, straight-ahead sound. This three-piece use thier music to express disgust with the current military activity, as well as eroding freedom in the so-called "land of the free". One of the best 7"s I've heard in months(Al Quint-)
short fast n loud #13
LIFE CRISIS Unpeaceful Protest EP
Fuck, this is pretty damn fucking good stuff. Musically (and attitude-wise) these guys remind me of DEATHTOLL, thundering, fast and heavy old fashioned hardcore. This band has a much snottier singer though that gives is a very punk edge. Lyrics vere from political to ugly in a nano-second. The great recording gives this band plenty of energy. I'm sure their shows are the same. I'm sold, this San Diego hardcore is awesome!!
LIFE CRISIS - CHURCHSTATE REVIEW
Life Crisis "Churchstate" (Deep Six, blue marble) Lemme tell ya, it's refreshing to sit down with an ep, try and read the lyrics, and end up totally not being able to follow along NOT because the vocalist is barking out "inhuman brutal guttoral vox," but because the vocals are just spit forth too damn fast to keep up. In that sense, I have no problem heralding Life Crisis as San Diego's inheritors of the mighty Neighbors throne. Musically, I'm trying to come up with something beyond "stripped down raw fast as fuck no frills 80's style hardcore," but the thing about playing this style, there's not really much you need to say beyond "stripped down raw fast as fuck no frills 80's style hardcore," other than maybe spout off some token bands that they kind of sound like, but not really (DRI, MDC, Discharge, etc.). Not to say that Life Crisis is "generic," or revivalists by any means, it's just that with everyone and their mother scrambling to play some e-fabricated subgenre under the guise of "hardcore," it's hard, when confronted with a REAL hardcore ep like this, to properly communicate that what you're listening to is actually really honestly hardcore (honest). I'll also say that lyrically, as someone who goes to college in SoCal, I can definitely appreciate thoughtful political viewpoints articulated from a working class angle as opposed to the ivory tower elitist pablum I'm exposed to on a daily basis. Lines like "renting out a half a million one bedroom hole in the wall" and "believe whichever fairly tale you believe/just don't let it affect me...A churchstate nation will always end up in ruins" hit a lot harder than obscure quasi-Marxist theory. I don't wanna say this is better than the 1st ep, but it's at least as good, and hopefully everyone reading this rocks both on a regular. (COLIN 2006)