the last bitterness exhumed record "a place of many ghosts" wa a real cracker. dark and fucked up hardcore punk with some metal hints a melodies for a really depressing sound scape. pure negativity that had its very own kind of subtle charm. to be exact this wasn't a real full length. some songs were re-recorded versions of former releases. on these re-recorded songs you could hear early stages of their song-writing skills and that left room for development. at that point i was really interested where new stuff would lead them.
that was almost exactly one year ago and here we finally are with "desperate and miserable". this release is an e.p. and consists of five new songs. i don't know. probably it needs more plays but to me this is just fast. don't get me wrong, fast is good and the songs are good, but sometimes a song needs some hooks to stuck in ones mind. some more of those desperate melody lines of "a place of many ghosts" would have done good to one or two songs of "desperate & miserable".
the fourth song "rat season" is that perfect mix of dissonant groove structures and mean melodies. you can listen to the whole thing on their bandcamp page. probably my expectations were too high because of the long time i had to wait for this. it was almost three month delayed because of the cover and b-side screening. and when you have to wait for a record that long, anticipation rises. but it's very solid never the less.
presentation wise i have nothing to complain about. "desperate & miserable" comes on quality clear blue vinyl, cut at 45 rounds per minute and with a wonderful screening on the b-side. hold up to the light you can see it in all its glory. there is also a bonus poster, which will always stay nicely put inside the sleeve, great cover art-work and the same custom stamp that was featured on the last record, can also be found here. it's just hard to be seen on the black dust sleeve. 300 copies made and hand numbered. demons run amok ent. 2014.
