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Pressure Cracks - "This Is Called Survival" EP

16/1/2020

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IGGY POP once famously sang about having a certain “Lust For Life”; and that is still impressively evident even to this day, as the rock ‘n’ roll icon continues to perform with zero shits to give, despite being the age of 72. It’s probably fair to say then, that few people share that same level of energy and passion for music and performing, but if anyone deserves to be mentioned in the same breath, it would have to be Jason Butler.

From 2002-2017 you would have known him as the front-man of critically acclaimed post-rock hardcore crew LETLIVE, who won over metal heads and punks alike with their frenetic live shows and sheer lunacy. More recently you may have been familiar with his role in FEVER 333 who are also riding a wave of critical praise for very similar reasons…but Jason Butler has a burning desire to scream like an absolute banshee in any way, shape or form he can…seriously as vocalists go, he’s like the fucking Duracell bunny on a 3 day coke binge. With that said, it’s no surprise we find him in yet another project; PRESSURE CRACKS. Completed by former members of SCARS OF TOMORROW and WEREWOLF CONGRESS, the Californian’s have recently released their sophomore EP entitled “This Is Called Survival”…but will I survive this EP? Let’s go all Bear Grylls and find out…

The EP opens up with quite the depressingly titled “Like Father Like None” and it begins with some old, recorded spoken word sample of American re-offender statistics, before the band ferociously tear into a riff-heavy barrage of near blast beats, screeching guitars and the equivalently feral vocals. A deep cut about broken homes, a broken society and the past repeating itself, but also acknowledgement of those pitfalls and the determination to beat the cycle, taking a stab at the system and wanting to set a better example, wanting to be a better father figure…a really intense intro this; but full of self-motivation and determination. “Ready For You” follows up with a similar theme running through the tracks narrative…erasing the past and fleeing a moral sense of conviction but asking for forgiveness for previous actions. The riffs here come hard and heavy with more of that hardcore punk influence bursting through, although the track does become a touch repetitive as it reaches its climax.

Third track “Shhh” is ironically anything BUT quiet as we get another sharp dose of blistering hardcore. The tempo and pacing here only emphasising the intensity of the bands sound, which really can also be said of closing track “Big T Youth”…well, truth be told it can really be said about this whole EP in all fairness. Clocking in at only 12 minutes, Pressure Cracks have combined a sense of personal anguish and resentment with social awareness into four utterly chaotic bursts of noise and semi-antiestablishmentarianism. Bridging those elements of punk and metal, it really allows for a cathartic release of pent up energy, pulling absolutely no punches. Pre-existing Fans of hardcore will appreciate this without saying, but it’s quite unlikely to draw much new attention to the subgenre, as it’s not exactly easy listening shall we say. Its niche…it’s noisy…it’s intractable and ultimately, nicely done. [6]

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