NYHC Since Day One.

Debut EP - Prey for the Wolfpack - Out April 27th via Reaper Records.

Pre-order now - www.reaper-records.com

The Wilding Incident is a New York hardcore band featuring members of Crown of Thornz, Nausea, Skarhead, White Mandingos, and Maximum Penalty.

Danny "Lord Ezec" Singer - Throat
Sacha Jenkins - Lead Guitar
Chris Fist - Rhythm Guitar
Noah Rubin - Bass
Jimmy Williams - Drums

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Press: Bradley Bledsoe - bradley@liberalarts.co


Dark Blue follow up their debut LP, ‘Pure Reality’, with ‘Start Of The World’ (12XU) – a soundtrack of a decaying United States. Each song drips with the realities of atrocities happening all around us ; John Sharkey III (Vocals, Guitar) pushes Dark Blue far beyond the post-punk meets oi sound they perfected on their earlier releases, and adds elements of brit-pop and shoegaze. Recorded by Jeff Zeigler (Kurt Vile, Nothing), ‘Start Of The World’ is a pop album that makes no apologies.

Boot stomping opener “Union of Buffoons,” sets the political tone for this album with an anthem for workers’ rights. Sharkey’s biting lyrics: “You can’t fight this, you can’t win…screw you once, they’ll screw you twice,” is a reference to human expendability in the face of deregulation and the stagnancy of labor rights. “Never Wanted to Hurt You” is a pop song in the highest order with guts and an undeniable chorus that would make Noel Gallagher jealous even at his most jaded.

The 50′s doo-woop and surf rock sound of “Bombs on the Beach” initially feels like a left turn for the band, evoking a playful innocence against a sunny backdrop. But the lyrics prove this is truly a Dark Blue song, tearing through any cheerfulness as jarring and abrupt as words can be to describe the reality of dropping missiles on a beach of unsuspecting Palestinian children. Sharkey’s voice is heavy with the despair of survivor’s guilt: “Now I’m holding my baby’s hand, as he lies bleeding to death in the sand.” This is another pointed song full of sentiment as much as it is an impassioned call for accountability for the crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip.

While this album shows off new and varying degrees of Sharkey’s vocal intensity, Andrew Mackie Nelson (Bass, Ceremony) and Michael Sneeringer (Drums, Strand of Oaks) shine, guiding the songs in ways other releases haven’t shown before . Tracks such as “Be Gone Everyone” and “Western Front” underscore just how comfortable the band has gotten.

‘Start Of The World’ is the kind of record that Dark Blue has always promised: a collection of smart, fully realized songs that tell real stories. With the world falling apart around us, Dark Blue continues to give voice to neglected perspectives, many unnerving but all necessary to hear. We need a defiant record like this to remind us that just as there was start to all of this destruction, there can also be an end.

TAKE IT BACK is a D.I.Y. label dedicated to hardcore/punk. It was named after GRAY MATTER's 12" of the same title on DISCHORD RECORDS.

Katorga Works is a Brooklyn-based label and distro.

“I don't remember how I learned it, but I found you could turn a pair of headphones into a microphone by using them in reverse. If you plugged the headphones into the mic jack on an old stereo cassette deck, you could record yourself. It blew my mind” (No Echo, 11/25/15).  That’s how it started for Andy Guida owner of Six III Studio back in 1984.  The fascination with recording sound, inspiring musicians and capturing a moment has always been the reason Six III Studio exists.  

	Having played in bands such as Supertouch, Absolution, Running Like Thieves and The Press, Andy Guida has been playing and recording music for 34 years.  In that time, he’s played on over a dozen records.  Many of those he recorded and mixed at Six III Studio.  

The types of music recorded at Six III are diverse.  Everything from NYHC and punk to country singer/songwriters, metal and rock bands.  This studio is intended to be as diverse as the musical taste of the owner.  

Having done many sessions in high end studios Andy always felt that the price point was so high that the desired result couldn’t be achieved.  After investing in the buildout of a recording studio in a rental space and losing the space at the end of the lease he decided to do it at home.  While there isn’t the wow factor of a big live room, the gear is professional quality, the engineer has many years of experience and the price point is the same as many rehearsal studios.

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