{"product_id":"dropdead-2020-lp","title":"Dropdead - 2020 lp","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1490544494\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDropdead - 2020 lp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"From the opening tandem of “Prelude” and “Torches,” two things are immediately clear: First and foremost, Dropdead didn’t come to screw around; they came loaded and ready to fight. They’re still as formidable a fast-and-furious hardcore band as they have ever been, although anyone who’s kept up with them through the small slew of splits and short-form releases they’ve spit out in that twenty-one year layoff should already know that.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMusically, Dropdead 2020 presents no real surprises: It’s a stellar hardcore record, from a band that’s released only stellar hardcore across three decades now. These songs are short sharp shocks, twenty-three of them in twenty-four minutes, all of it filled with righteous anger and seemingly boundless energy. Bob Otis’ bark is biting, snarling, feral, while Ben Barnett rips through classic-styled punk riffs in the vein of classics like Siege, Larm, Anti-Cimex, et al. The rhythm section of Brian Mastrobuono and George Radford propels the entire affair with a finely-tuned chaotic control. Dropdead is raw and primal, but they are not sloppy, whether operating at a relatively contained crossover charge or at near-grindcore aggression. Produced by Converge guitarist and hardcore go-to-guy Kurt Ballou, Dropdead 2020 sounds perfectly powerful and powerfully perfect, stout and furious without being overly polished, its fury palpable in its sonics. These tracks may fly by in a whirlwind of speeding and screaming, but they leave bruises as they go, evident in the hooky groove of “Torches,” the repeated “You’re on your knees \/ get off your knees!” of “God Illusion,” the call-to-action of “the time is now” in “Will You Fight,” and dozens more places that reveal themselves to you when you listen often and loudly.\"  - Andew Edmunds\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Armageddon Label","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67732437565753,"sku":"aih1792638831394","price":17.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/1235\/2057\/files\/dropdead---2020-lp_1.jpg?v=1792638837","url":"https:\/\/ethicalclothingstore.shop\/products\/dropdead-2020-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}