BIG - Dance Music
Big yellow cover art, BIG all caps band name. Dance Music? This is already speaking to me. Hardcore punk, leaning more hardcore (non-derogatory). Four piece band outta Oakland. Put this band in a medium sized room. Small stage just big enough to launch off of and don't mic up anything. Throw in some pool noodles to hit each other with, turn the lights on, and now we got some Dance Music.
Track 3 features some real East Bay Ray style riffing in the intro before hitting you with a mid tempo mosher. Vocals screaming at you demanding you to get loose. A hint, a taste, dare I say an influence of screamo vibes here. If those words scare you don't fret. This is still at its core hardcore for people who like to have a good fucking time. Listen to exactly five second long bass and floor tom part in the song "The Muse" and tell me this isn't some Dance Music.
The band proudly claims to have no social media presence. +1. You can text a number for band updates. +1. No lyric insert with the tape. -1. Do the math yourself, the answers the same. This is some good hardcore. From the bandcamp description itself "BUST-A MOVE MUSIC FROM THE BAY AREA'S BEST KEPT SECRET."
Listen here: https://bighc.bandcamp.com/album/dance-music-ep
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