Bee Magnet

I fucking love Post Natal Drip, I think they bring a certain kind of whimsy and a more refreshing musical freeness to their particular style of noisecore. They've been around for a couple years, and unsurprisingly have already created a girthy discography. I was lucky enough to do a split with these fine lads, but since they are from Canada, getting their tapes into my hands has been kind of a difficult feat. Thankfully, earlier in the year I was able to score the first two tapes they ever put out! This is the 1st demo, released in a hand numbered run of 80 copies.

Every song on this tape was written and recorded on the spot, and the freeness and general drunk and sloppy charms are there in full effect. This is noisecore made by dudes who love jazz and outsider music as much as brutal grindcore. There's definitely more riffs than just detuned bass noise, and the tone is super brittle and fuzzy with a psyched out, garage rock flavor. The vocals are incredible, and completely dominant in the mix. Honestly, considering the buffoonery of the lyrics and delivery there's a lot more akin to bands like Drunks With Guns, Sockeye and Fossil Fuel than say, 7MON. I may have lost some people with that comparison, which is fair. I can listen to it on repeat though.

Post Natal Drip have always had some pretty killer artwork. I remember when I first saw this cover art with that logo and it just looked so rad! It looks like some sort of sci-fi thrash/death metal aesthetic, I really love it. My copy came on a green tape and included a double sided lyric sheet.

So yeah, good luck finding this tape, but if you spot and PND shit anywhere I'd say pick it up and get lifted.

~VII

Radical Urban Isolation

I got a distinctive, excitable rumbling in my guts; the kind that pops up when I find a band I get really excited about. One that I need to acquire as much material from as I can. In a recent trek up to Canada I was able to get a couple releases from the Toronto, ON sometimes noisecore/sometimes powerviolence hot mess Beggin' For Oyxs. This is a tape that they put out this year, "Radical Urban Isolation". Not sure how many were made.

I'll keep it short and sweet just to keep my point focused; this tape is pretty much perfect. It's exactly what I look for in my noisecore. Just pure, balls to the wall, no bullshit volume and speed. The kind of focused and articulate brutality in the same league as other greats like Sedem Minut Strachu, World, and Sissy Spacek. Side A is just non-stop fire, nothing but insane tempos across 20 sharp and short tracks. The snare is perfectly up front and annoyingly loud in the mix, the guitars create a beautifully gross wash, fuck-riffs-style, with some seriously pissed off vocals on top. This shit makes me wanna throw chairs at a wall. Side B has a lot more groove and some slower bits, more variation if you will, but no intensity is lost. This tape is 8 minutes of pure, blood pumping noise, I'm in love.

The consistent aesthetic on every Beggin' For Oxys release is another quality I appreciate a lot about the band. The graffiti lettering on the cover, the total lack of any color or information. It's wonderfully non-caring, but still manages to be just the right touch.

Listen to Beggin' For Oxys, that is all.

~VII