PEACE TALKS "Progress" LP

PEACE TALKS "Progress" LP

One of Pittsburgh's best! Fast and pissed hardcore punk. Great fucking record!!

150gram LP on black vinyl in heavy board jacket with 12x12 2 sided insert.

As the barrage of disinformation, sloven consumption, and sedentary doom scrolling hurls humankind into the bleak void of the 21st century, we find ourselves in terrifying awe of humanity's alleged notions of "Progress". PEACE TALKS debut LP offers nine scathing tracks rebuking the notion that all is well with our never ending growth and unchecked greed. With thunderous drumming, caustic vocals, and furiously arresting riffage PEACE TALKS slaps back at the corporate tunnel vision dead set on punching down all genuine compassion and concern. Unpretentious, unstylized and unabashedly pissed, theie PROGRESS LP is a bent and battered nail that refuses to be hammered down.

"Blistering hardcore punk that doesn’t mess around. They’re not reinventing the wheel by any stretch, and that’s perfectly fine. This stuff is honest and straight forward, and that’s what we need more of. Nine songs that just go hard, leaving you feeling like you ran a week of marathons after one listen. Even in the mid-tempo breaks they’re still raging as though there’s no tomorrow. There’s an undeniable desperation to their whole delivery. Along with the sonic assault is the rapid-fire delivery of words that detail police harassment, the unchecked power of the wealthy, and an overall bleak future the exudes hopelessness and a desire to escape. While most of the songs are straight forward, there are songs like “Last Chance Outta Texas,” “Taranaki,” and “Stranger in the House” that raise questions for this listener. They’re definitely darker than the rest, which is saying something because there’s no light in any of the songs on this record. Are these three songs about abuse and manipulation, especially “Taranaki” and “Stranger in the House”? I’m not going to lay out the details because I want you to get this album and listen for yourself. Just know these three songs definitely elevate the album above being something to slap on to pass a few minutes. Peace Talks are a force to reckon with, no joke." –Matt Average/Razorcake

Track List:

Life Is Strange
Progress
Filthy Rich
I Didn't Do It
Trash In America
Last Chance Out Of Texas
Taranaki
$10
Stranger In The House