#killmoon

In the new millennium, the old school sounds from yesteryears have seemingly disappeared. Nowadays, rnb, rock, and hiphop have jumped aboard the synth train almost completely abandoning the much accustomed formula we have grown to accept and love from these genres. If you've read my Best of 2012 list, you'd be familiar with my distaste on how every act out there tries (and mostly, desperately fails) incorporating these electro synth shit that is prevalent in top 40 radio. That list was made up of a number of songs that managed to stand apart from all these raging disco-club anthems. Killmoon is a fantastic band that should be added to that list as well. 

Hailing from the UK (much to my distinct pleasure), Killmoon is made up of hypnotizing vocalist Izzy Phillips, guitarist Chris Ostler, bassist Tommy Taylor, and drummer Tom Dewhurst. Killmoon manages to update old school punk-rock and grunge sounds to a modern day setting without compromising the formula of these genres. Their sound has that rare quality of being catchy for mainstream rock radio, but still manages to be cool and under the radar for the hipsters and scene kids... Plus, it also adds up that they're a pretty attractive band.

Their EP containing the songs, "Jupiter" and "Home" are out right now and both are blazingly good. Jupiter sounds like an alien life form that came from sort of blackhole in the universe. It marches on, unrelenting, with these otherworldy guitar and drum beats before crash landing on earth after the 4 minute mark. Home (even though it possesses the same intensity as Jupiter) is a little bit more personal. It comes across as a punk rock love letter of some sort. Good stuff.

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