Xerxes: Collision Blonde (Vinyl LP)
No Sleep Records
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Louisville punk band Xerxes 2014 sophomore full length is backed by guitarist Will Allard, bassist Joseph Goode and drummer Ben Sears (who also plays alongside Allard in Whips/Chains). with a new line-up and some years removed from their young, violent hardcore days, Collision Blonde's instrumental prowess sounds less like their elder contemporaries and more a cleaner tone reminiscent of Jesus and Mary Chain and the Cure, yet sharp and uneasy in the vein of Bauhaus' early gothic post-punk edge. Tracks like Knife & the closing Nosedive are aggressively built up into a cathartic release, alluding to Ceremony, Iceage and 'mewithoutYou' at times. The album was produced by Evan Weiss (from Chicago Emo band Into It. Over It) I Was Wrong, Criminal Animal, A Toast, Knife, Use As Directed, Chestnut Street, Collision Blonde, Exit 123, (But Here We Are), Nosedive
Louisville punk band Xerxes 2014 sophomore full length is backed by guitarist Will Allard, bassist Joseph Goode and drummer Ben Sears (who also plays alongside Allard in Whips/Chains). with a new line-up and some years removed from their young, violent hardcore days, Collision Blonde's instrumental prowess sounds less like their elder contemporaries and more a cleaner tone reminiscent of Jesus and Mary Chain and the Cure, yet sharp and uneasy in the vein of Bauhaus' early gothic post-punk edge. Tracks like Knife & the closing Nosedive are aggressively built up into a cathartic release, alluding to Ceremony, Iceage and 'mewithoutYou' at times. The album was produced by Evan Weiss (from Chicago Emo band Into It. Over It) I Was Wrong, Criminal Animal, A Toast, Knife, Use As Directed, Chestnut Street, Collision Blonde, Exit 123, (But Here We Are), Nosedive