Articles by Cole Firth

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  Do Make Say Think

  Stubborn Persistent Illusions

  PUBLISHED May 17, 2017

  Ideas, especially creative ones, can be wild beasts, difficult to wrangle and control. They are born in our thoughts and intentions but ult...

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  Weed

  Born Wrong Love

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2017

  Despite their impressionistic sound, Weed are actually an incredibly focused punk band. Their run of three stellar LPs, culminating with fa...

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  Crypt Rot

  Embryonic Devils

  PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2017

  Matt Izzi is a busy guy. In addition to assuming vocal duties for the most recent incarnation of Homewrecker, and anchoring one of 2016's b...

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  Pile

  A Hairshirt of Purpose

  PUBLISHED Mar 27, 2017

  Pile's new LP, A Hairshirt of Purpose, has a warmth to it that sets it apart from 2015's, You're Better Than This. Songs move slower, devel...

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  King Woman

  Created in the Image of Suffering

  PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2017

  Kristina Esfandiari's King Woman project has developed slowly and deliberately over the past seven years, solidifying into a full band and...

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  Baked

  Farnham

  PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2017

  Trying to talk about Baked in terms of their influences or intentions can be self-defeating; their debut LP, Debt, felt detached, lost in a...

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  Kairon; IRSE!

  Ruination

  PUBLISHED Feb 6, 2017

  Three years ago, mysterious Finnish shoegaze maestros Kairon; IRSE! cropped up on Bandcamp with an irresistible debut album of intricate no...

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  Set and Setting

  Reflectionless

  PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2017

  Like other bands that find themselves in the vague and contested territory of instrumental post-rock, Set and Setting rarely stray too far...