CHIMES OF BAYONETS-REPLICATOR LP

CHIMES OF BAYONETS-REPLICATOR LP

Yellow Vinyl w/Limited Stamp Sealed Plastic Slip Cover.

Official Release Date LEAP DAY FEB. 29TH 2024.

A pulsating and angular post hardcore punk ruction, REPLICATOR provides
eight highly effective doses of undulating darkly melodic medicament to soothe the uneasy mind. Alleviate your tension with higher levels of tension, a salted guitar gauze stuffed in the ear wound. Place on turntable and spin three times daily, Doctor's orders.

FFO of ARCWELDER, HOOVER, JAWBOX, PARTY OF HELICOPTERS, THE GREAT UNRAVELING, ANTIOCH ARROW, MAXIMILLION COBLY UOA.....

OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE LEAP DAY FEBRUARY 29TH 2024

REVIEWS:

COLLECTIVE-SCENE.CO.UK.
Chimes Of Bayonets have a few EPs out already, but this is their first LP. I can’t speak to those earlier releases, but this is some pretty great stuff: taut, dynamic post-hardcore that speaks to 90s heroes like Hoover and Kepone, as well as the excellent if largely unremarked likes of Sicbay, Check Engine, Halo Perfecto and Stop It!! who pursued the style into the early 2000s. Big, chunky riffs clunk and groove, giving way to nimbler, more fluid parts that occasionally incorporate piano and saxophone. Every once in a while a particularly wiggly moment gives off a slight Party Of Helicopters vibe, while the singer’s strained but not unappealing honk recalls a very precise midway point between Fugazi’s ‘Long Division’ and ‘Heroes’ by Kerosene 454. All of these things are, if you ask me, definite points in their favour – check out tracks like ‘Channel Marker’ and ‘Cracked Igniter’ and see if you agree.

HANGINGHEX.BLOGSPOT.COM
Chimes Of Bayonets arrive with their first full length after a couple of 7”s. The trio have been playing together, some in other bands with each other, for many years and that familiar playing style is represented in full here with a sort of rough and tumble math rock that if you’re old and obscure like me you’ll hear hints of stuff as wide-ranging (yet very cool) as Forstella Ford, Atombombpocketknife, and Kerosene 454. Oh yeah, and it also comes in this fancy package with a screened clear slipcase thing so it looks extra cool.