Shook Ones / End of A Year
The Shook Ones are back with a new batch of some of their most infectious pop hardcore tunes ever. I can’t say enough good things about this Seattle by way of Bellingham, WA band. If you’re a fan of Lifetime or Kid Dynamite you’ll love these guys. On their side you’ll find four songs in just as many minutes with no rest in between tracks to catch your breath. This 7” is probably worth it just for the hardcore breakdown on It’s Not What You Think alone. I haven’t seen these guys live yet but I imagine their sing along choruses and gang vocals make for some great crowd participation. There are really great lyrics here if you can pay close enough attention to catch them as they blaze on by. From the opening line of Raised by Woofs, “If we all lose our minds and souls, can we at least lose them together” to “At 10 O’clock you’d said all you’d ever say, not all you’d ever wonder” from Asterisk these guys make it hard to not like them.
On the flip side, End of a Year pitch in with their track, Dan Cooper. I had not heard them before buying this 7” and was pleasantly surprised not only because their track was so diametrically opposed to the Shook Ones’ tunes on side A but also because it was damn good too. Lyrically dense, poetic, and deliberately paced, End of a Year won me over with their brand of prodding post-hardcore. I’ll keep my eyes open for more of their stuff the next time I’m out record shopping for sure.
This 7” can be bought direct from Runner Up Records and comes in a variety of colors (black/white half and half, grey/clear half and half, and green/clear half and half).
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