Burning Bush Demo 2024 cassette
While hardcore continues to grow in all sprawling directions, it’s refreshing to hear someone doing it as concisely and ’80s-indebted as this. Think more NEGATIVE APPROACH and MINOR THREAT than some of the more metal-leaning HC swinging hard today. It’s funny to think that resembling anything like those two giants of the genre would feel novel in 2024, but here we are. There is an undeniable punk energy here, along with juicy riffs and a lyrical ethos that peers into singer Aaron Rhodes’ interior landscape of modern day stresses through the lens of Jewish tradition and folklore. It’s an interesting angle, adding another layer to an already noteworthy hardcore act.