So… yeah. What sound is this? Punk-ish hardcore-leaning “Northwestern 90s music scene” rock. It’s not that Gov’t Hate Mail is trying to do the “so weird I don’t know what this is” sound… or the “change style every song” sound… or even the “change styles every minute” sound. They just dialed into a sound that mixes a lot of different styles and then crank that sound for every song. For those that don’t know, GHM is comprised of two guys who were in bands like Crux, Empty Tomb, and The Clergy and one offspring from each. Sure, the first song starts off almost a bit mellow, but it picks up and picks up until it is pretty much kicking your teeth in. In fact, the whole disc is pretty intense – I highly recommend this for fans of any of the bands that gave birth to this new incarnation, or good punk/intense/alternative/rock music.
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