4-Way Split PremieRing - Pique

4 bands, 4 blogs, 1 split. It's the PremieRing 2: Electric Boogaloo, a collaborative effort between 4 different blogs to premiere 4 different tracks off of one 4-way split. You might remember last year's PremieRing, that this blog had the privilege of participating in. Well, it's happening again, and this time we've got Lytic/Amitié/Pique/Chivàla, and I've got an incredible track from NYC's Pique to share. After a solid demo track released last year, the three-piece are back with a heart-shattering new anthem titled "No Room To Bloom". It's a mind-blowing track that b you can check out through the exclusive stream below.

"No Room To Bloom" hits everything on the checklist of things you could want out of a screamo song. Their dual vocals exchange screams, while discordant rhythms pulse with energy; for their second released track, they play off each other expertly. It peaks in a heavy but gorgeous cresecendo. With shoegaze-levels of distortion and hints of melody in the guitar, the mid-to-end section of this song is truly overwhelming. So much so that I found myself playing it over and over again just to hear that wave of beauty break up the early tension built. It's a track of duality in more ways than one, striking an indefinable emotional chord. Fans of bands like Raein or Carrion Spring, listen closely to this.

Check out the next track on the split over at This Noise Is Ours

You can also head back to hear the past two tracks on the split here: 

Captured Howls - Lytic

Open Mind/Saturated Brain - Amitié

The 12" for the entire split will be available in spring/summer of 2019, and will be released by Zegema Beach Records (USA/Canada), Moment Of Collapse (Germany) and Shove Records (Italy), with some amazing artwork done by Natty Perekin.

Pique will be touring later in April with the also-amazing Terry Green. Dates/info are available here

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4-Way Split PremieRing - Massa Nera

4 bands, 4 blogs, 1 amazing split. I'm incredibly happy to present the PremieRing, a project set up by four different blogs to each premiere one band from this new four-way split. To start things off, I was lucky enough to get Massa Nera, a Sophie's Floorboard favourite. You might remember them from last year's LP Los Pensamientos De Una Cara Palida, a modern screamo essential. This five-piece New Jersey band are back with a new offering of two tracks to kick off this split. You can check out the exclusive stream of these new songs below, as well as pre-order information and links to the other blogs in the PremieRing. Recording info for these tracks is as follows:

Allen Nuñez - Guitar & Vocals

Christopher Rodriguez - Guitar & Vocals

David Mocada - Bass & Vocals

John Rodriguez - Vocals

Mark Boulanger - Drums

Additional vocals on "Doing Nothing For Others Is The Undoing Of Ourselves" by Steve Roche

Tracked and Mixed by Steve Roche at Permanent Hearing Damage

Mastered by Carl Saff at Saff Mastering

The first track offered up here is "Un Mal Cola De Hadas", which kicks off with some clean, looming melodic riffing, a clear sign of the band's technical prowess. After some instrumental mingling, the vocals kick in, with some furious kit-shredding drums behind them. They utilize their many vocalists well, trading lines off each other before coming together in climatic, shouted unison. The guitars hammer out heavy dissonant chords, while the bass builds eerie lines in the back. This song blends hints of melody into angular rhythmic patterns, with every instrument getting a chance to shine amidst the cathartic chaos. As it comes to close, it breathes as it opens, giving the listener a second to recover before track 2 bludgeons again.

"Doing Nothing For Others Is The Undoing Of Ourselves" opens with an incredible rhythmic passage, with the bass and drums creating an almost dance-y vibe, intertwined with the guitar's clean arpeggios. Just when the track sounds like its about to explode, they pull back and continue at the same level when some of the most impassioned vocals in recent history find a way to yelp themselves in. The vocals only build in intensity as the instrumental winds behind them. Sure enough, the blast beat climax this track has been teasing at finally hits, and its a glorious mesh of heavy bass, snare insanity, and guitar tremolos. On the way out, after all the instruments have rung out, there's one final, lonesome scream, a perfect way to end a track that's taken the listener to a couple of different places in a relatively short span of time. This band never ceases to amaze with the material they put out, and these new splits track are no different.

Keep these on repeat for a bit, and then check out the remainder of this split over at the incredible blogs listed below. I assure you this is one you do not want to miss. Enjoy.

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This is a joint release via: Zegema Beach Records, Dead Tank Records, Dingleberry Records, Adorno Records, Blessed Hands Records, and Pundonor Records

Check out the remainder of this split at the other PremieRing spots below:

Yo Sbraito - Idioteq

Thisismenotthinkingofyou - This Noise Is Ours

Ef'Il - Open Mind / Saturated Brain

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