SPEED PLANS

Wouldn't particularly consider myself a nostalgioid, but at least I can always go back and listen to the "More Hardcore" LP. While they still earn the "Speed" half of their moniker, they seem much more interested in following through on best-laid "Plans" with each successive release, chipping away at the more free and unhinged inclinations of the previous outing in favor of a more sanded down and sculpted vision, just outside my field of interest. A technically good and thoroughly competent re...

Some interview I read made them seem real self-conscious about their "More Hardcore" LP, but this release sounds a fair bit safer and codified than the slab I first slobbered over. All of these got rerecorded for their big Convulse debut, so we'll see how the finished product holds up, but I can't imagine revisiting these renditions ever again. Released by Kill Enemy Records, listen here: https://killenemyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/speed-plans-tape Speed Plans Tape, by Kill Enemy Records3 trac...