- Release Info -------------------------------------------------------------- -
Artist: Hundredth
Album: Resist
Label: Mediaskare
Playtime: 17:36 min
Genre: Hardcore
URL: http://www.facebook.com/HUNDREDTH
Rip date: 2014-05-08
Street date: 2014-03-25
Size: 36.12 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 264 kbps / 4410Hz / Joint Stereo
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Hundredth have proven to be one of the better bands of their ilk since
breaking out with 2011's Let Go, playing a stripped-down strain of melodic,
mid-tempo, metallic hardcore that draws from forebears like Shai Hulud (albeit
with far less technicality) and Strongarm (though certainly less heavy). The
second of a pair of thematically connected EPs (2013's very solid Revolt was
the first), Resist does get bogged down by similarly vague sloganeering: The
band don't elaborate much on protest tactics beyond the EP's title, though the
closing track "Wage," an instrumental set to a 1987 speech by Vietnam War
vet/peace activist S. Brian Wilson, provides some research inspiration. There
are a couple questionable musical choices, too: One riff in the title track
borders on butt-rock, and there's a bizarre synth layer stalking the more
introspective "Demons." But Resist largely succeeds where the band's
counterparts fail: Despite the potential butt-rockiness, the title track has a
powerful, dynamic chorus, and "Manifest" weaves a tastefully intricate
atmosphere, with a semi-spacey bridge partly reminiscent of the band's
mid-2000s Christian post-hardcore predecessors (cf. Beloved, Hopesfall).
- Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -
01. Wake ( 0:36)
02. Shelter ( 3:30)
03. Resist ( 2:55)
04. Demons ( 2:56)
05. Manifest ( 4:33)
06. Wage ( 3:06)
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