MP3: Nitad - Klimatförändring
I spent the last five days or so hanging out in SF, working at the corporate HQ for my dayjob and seeing friends and family. I know it's not ordinary for my demographic, but I almost never listen to music on headphones when I travel, so I barely heard any music at all these past five days. All I bothered to load into my mp3 player were those four Sods/Sort Sol albums I mentioned on Friday and the new Nitad disc "Ibland kan man inte hindra sig själv". And y'know what? It was plenty. Nitad, especially - it's a total ripper and the inclusion of all their earlier 7" EP tracks on the disc only makes it better. The review in the new MRR compares the band to Fucked Up which I guess was true once upon a time, but FU's new album "The chemistry of common life" takes the band into entirely new, uncharted territory (it's highly recommended - I'll def be picking up the vinyl next week when it's officially released) and Nitad keeps things raw and to the point. You get picks of the same progressiveness such as that very first opening riff here on "Klimatförändring", but most of the song is killer hardcore punk, some of the best I've heard in awhile. It also helps that despite my limited Swedish skills, I can easily pick out the last line of the chorus: "Jag är ingen jävla hippie!" So yeah, very recommended and be sure to order direct from the source so you can score one of those limited one-sided 7"s.
Nitad - Klimatförändring