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COLONIAL WOUND, "Easy Laugh"

by Colonial Wound

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fyeahmetal
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fyeahmetal It's a lot like Botch, but grimmer and heavier, less whimsical - all of which is fine with me. Usually I'm not a fan of "sounds like" deals, but (a) this is very, very well done, and (b) I have sorely been missing the punishing angular mathcore that set the turn of the millennium alight. The production here is fantastic, with modern power, but not so compressed that it sands off the oh-so-vital edges. Favorite track: YSL.
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Darknight I have both of the EP's of Colonial Wound and I was blown away so I expected the same from Easy Laugh, well I am completely blasted onto the floor with this there debut album cos Easy Laugh is the metallic hardcore beast I was expecting. Metaltastic debut🤘👏 Favorite track: On Nationalism.
johnjohndunndunn
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johnjohndunndunn Finding the elusive balance between groove, melody, and heaviness is no small feat - Colonial Wound does an impeccable job locking this in from track 1 on Easy Laugh. It's both interesting and sincere all while staying away form falling into the hole of inaccessibility for most heavy music lovers. Well fucking done! Favorite track: Cyanotype.
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    Probably the most intricate linocut I've done to date this weird face shows up on the back cover and I'll even throw in a bonus print of just the face with a different color scheme.
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    Found upon moving: some extra copies of the very limited "Easy Laugh" LP on clear with white and yellow splatter. Comes with a linocut block print of the "Easy Laugh" guy on a random assortment of colors and signed. Got some for the label, saving the remainder for the band.

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about

Colonial Wound began in 2018 by bassist/vocalist Dylan Mikos (also of Good Fight Music heavy-hitters Yashira), drummer John Edwards (touring drummer for Kylesa), and guitarist Ben Clifton. While they had a healthy scene of heavy music in and around their home of Jacksonville, FL to inspire and provide camaraderie Colonial Wound was aiming to do something noisier, uglier, and more disturbing.
The initial result was an EP that was self-released digitally before Detroit-area label Dropping Bombs pressed it onto 12” introducing a sound that had as much to do with crushing grooves a la Coalesce as it did the off-kilter guitar antics and wall-of-noise heaviness of groups like Engineer and Botch, combining lumbering hardcore and noise rock into a singular sludgy entity.
Not too long after the band added vocalist Jeremy Atkins to the lineup, making the group a 4-piece and they released another EP, “Degradation” on the New Morality label showing off their revised lineup. The music remained just as heavy and punishing while further showing off the band’s creative side with a photo zine accompanying the record (the first 12” featured a silkscreened B-side).
And now comes their debut full-length “Easy Laugh”, coming this winter on Hex Records. They lay down 9 tracks of immediate, crushing heaviness, full of the sludgy metallic noise rock that turned heads on their two EPs and now forged to perfection here. In less than a half-hour they deliver the goods with one relentless hammering after another.

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released December 9, 2022

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