SEDIMENT - DEMO 2025
I was handed this demo tape at the recent Search For The Sun festival in Montreal.
It's dark anarchist crusty punk. It reminds me of earnest political early 2000s crust. The lyrics The first song ends with group vocals chanting "Can you small the oil seeping from the spoiled ground?") but musically it's not as melodic. These demo songs are pretty straight forward, unrelenting pots-and-pans d-beat, no breakdowns or octave leads. But there is an acoustic/clean guitar intro to the last song. Maybe there will be a string section added if they ever do an LP. This all sounds like I'm shit talking, but I'm a huge sucker for this stuff. I listen to that 2012 OROKU LP regularly. I would love to see this band with two guitars and extended spoken word sections/between songs speeches at an outdoor show with a lot of oogles. I thought the person who gave it to me was from Philly, but then later I learned they biked up from Vermont for the show, rather than tagging along with the various Philly bands. The photos in the insert kind of look like Pittsburgh. So I'm not sure if this is a Philly band or a Vermont band or just spread our across the north east USA. But Pittsburgh fits the lyrics and themes, earnest wrestling with the environmental destruction and decay wrought by capitalism that is particular to the rust belt. I look forward to hearing more!
I found their bandcamp, so you can listen here: https://sedimentphl.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2025
Bandcamp New & Notable May 18, 2021