fast as fuck power-violence/grind-core from UK vs. France
OUT NOW !!!!! OUT NOW !!! OUT NOW !!!
International co-operation between an american Give Praise records, czech-welsh Dead Heroes Bros, french I Feel Good records and british Tombs in the Valley production.
An amazing artwork done by Jord aka Pogger.
http://www.pogger.co.uk/
With financial crisis ravaging the Eurozone and midget Sarkozy accusing
prick Cameron of being 'childish', what better time to cement
Anglo-French relations, and what better way to do it than a grindcore
split 7".
The English gentlemen and the French dogs go head-to-head on this
record, belting out 10 tracks of high-speed power-violent grind in under
9 minutes. After sharing stages together across Europe in 2010/11, 2012
begins with both bands seeking maximum destruction via frantic riffing,
rapid blast-beats, ear-splitting shrieks, and cheap alcohol.
The Afternoon Gentlemen play foolish fastcore decorated with an
assortment of vocal styles, with lyrics veering from silly to serious
and back again, exploring visions of life lying in the gutter or
queueing at the dole office. Their 'Pissedography' 38-track collection
is currently available on CD and LP from Give Praise (US) and TVG
(Germany), whilst a split 7" with Poland's Suffering Mind will also be
released in early 2012.
Chiens attack your ear-drums with rabid, snarling grindcore, packed with
tempo-changes and some of the most insane drumming ever heard, with the
emphasis on speed and agression. Their one-sided 12" is available from I
Feel Good (France), Grinding Rebellion (Switzerland), Electric Junk
(France), and Michol Records (France), and they also have a split 7"
with Czech-grinders Lycanthropy in the works
This split 7" is a co-production from Dead Heroes Bros.(UK/CZ), Give
Praise (USA), Tombs in the Valley (UK), and I Feel Good (France), and is
available from all said labels. Artwork was provided by the marvellous
Pogger Jord (www.pogger.co.uk).
In April 2012, TAG and Chiens will consumate their marriage with a 8-date tour of Western France
(14/4/12 - 21/4/12).
THE AFTERNOON GENTLEMEN {Leeds} began in 2007. Notorious local
throat-shredder, beer-guzzler and grind-monger Rich joined up with
ex-L.B.W members Smith, Barthur and Bear, with the intention of starting
a non-serious grindcore band. The Afternoon Gentlemen continued from
where L.B.W had left off, albeit with a slimmed-down line-up and a new
band theme of vagrancy, alcoholism and homelessness replacing the
previous obsession with Cricket ('Afternoon Gentlemen' being a euphemism
for tramps or drunkards). Original guitarist Bear relocated to his
hometown Bradley and Warboys bassist Mick (aka Oily Groico) stepped in
on guitar. By the end of 2007 the Afternoon Gentlemen had unleashed
splits with Leeds-based grind violence champions Warboys and obscure
cult doom abomination Khunnt. This was quickly followed by the 'No
messin' about style' EP, another home-recorded self-released CD-R, in
keeping with the bands DIY ethic. These releases cemented the band's
sound, which had developed into an eccentric mix of old school grind,
slow sludgy sections, and strong power-violence and crust/hardcore
influences.
Since then T.A.G have played live over 150 times, with bands such as
Capitalist Casualties, Magrudergrind, Brutal Truth, Weekend Nachos,
Eyehategod, Napalm Death, Insect Warfare, Nails, Suffering Mind and many
more. In 2008 Keep Screaming records released a 30-track pro-tape
containing the first 3 CD-R releases plus live tracks and songs from the
UK Death feast comp (`White Cider Chronicles` tape). Also released in
`08 was the 'European Fastness' 5-way split CD, featuring 9 tracks from
The Afternoon Gentlemen, plus music by Ocksen, Ablach, Xaros, and A Den
of Robbers, and the self-released 'Afterdoom' EP, a specially packaged
limited 3-track doom CD.
In March 2009 the band went to a 'proper' studio (Silent City) for
the first time to record the debut 7" EP 'Pissed Again' (16 tracks/5
labels). This was released in January 2010 followed by an 11-date UK
tour. The 7" received good reviews thanks to the improved quality of the
recording and the excellent artwork courtesy of our friends Moving
Parts Collective. After plenty more UK gigs the Gents went to the studio
again in the summer, then headed off for our first European tour
starting off at Bloodshed Fest NL, going through Germany, Czech
Republic, France, and finishing in the UK with Weekend Nachos. The year
ended with a pre-Xmas trip to London, Lille Winter Grindfest and a
splendid birthday party in Ypress, Belgium.
In 2011 came the next installment of the saga, with The Afternoon
Gentlemen sharing a 7" with mighty East Vancouver blasters OSK. This was
released by Active Rebellion (UK), Dead Heroes Brothers (UK), Just Say
No! records (Can), Rawer Breath records (Can), and Undislessed records
(Fra). In summer that year the Gents did a three week US tour of the
Mid-West and West coast with the equally lovely and crushing Weekend
Nachos, and to coincide with this RSR released The Afternoon
Gentlemen/Cyborg split 7", Cyborg being a side-project of Weekend Nachos
members (plus the inimitable Tim Smith on guitar/vocals). Once again
Moving Parts Collective provided the outrageous artwork for the record
sleeve. Almost immediately after that the Gents went to Europe for a
three week tour with Boston HC veterans Psycho, ending with a raucous
early-morning set at Obscene Extreme festival in Czech Republic. The
summer of 2011 also yielded two more releases, `The White Cider
Chronicles part II` tape (Keep Screaming recs) and `Pissedography`CD
(Give Praise recs), both of which collect all of The Afternoon
Gentlemen`s studio recordings. The frenzied year`s activities continued
with the band heading straight to the studio after touring to record 16
new tracks with the esteemed Mr Rob Hobson (Silent City studios), some
of which will feature on the forthcoming split 7" with French
stop-and-go grind geniuses Chiens. This will be coming out on Give
Praise recs, Dead Heroes Bros recs and other DIY labels tba. For the
meantime though the Gents have been reduced to weary corpses by all
these goings-on, so nothing more remains than for them to crawl back
inside their cardboard boxes with a good old bottle of you-know-what.
http://www.myspace.com/theafternoongentlemen
CHIENS {France}
This is a brief bout of throat-punching aggression, pure and simple.
Roughly equal parts Infest and Extreme Noise Terror (a more satisfying
Insult, maybe?), things are thick about the neck and shoulders and ready
to twist your spinal column out of shape at a moment's notice. Vocals
flit between a butcher's slab scrape and a deeper, meatier roar and the
music is capable of military precision as well as thundering aggression.
Good fucking stuff!
http://www.myspace.com/chiensgrind
