YUNOREVIEW: MAY 2014

It's that time of the month, isn't it? I'M TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THESE RECORDS IN BRIEF. I WISH I HAD THE TIME TO REVIEW THEM IN FULL ON THEIR OWN IN MAY, BUT SUCH IS LIFE. HERE'S THE LIST: CLOSURE IN MOSCOW - PINK LEMONADE ATMOSPHERE - SOUTHSIDERS YOUNG AND IN THE WAY - WHEN DEATH COMES TO LIFE KISHI BASHI - LIGHGHT METRONOMY - LOVE LETTERS INTUITION & EQUALIBRUM - SELF-TITLED CONOR OBERST - UPSIDE DOWN MOUNTAIN THE HORRORS - LUMINOUS PLAID - REACHY PRINTS KILLER BE KILLED - SELF-TITLED

Young and in the Way - "Be My Blood"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HhuCyd3nqA&feature=youtu.be "Blackened crust" has got to be high in the running for nastiest genre name. Not many bands have a high enough filth factor to rise to this descriptor's occasion, but among the furious few is Young and in the Way. Hailing from Charlotte, North Carolina, the quartet makes music that demands being set to frenetic footage of the band performing so hard that blood covers their faces, the frontman wretching at his reflection in a mirror held by a robed death figure, and naturally, myriad glass shit breaking. At least, that's the deal with their new single "Be My Blood," which could be called a treat if you're into some seriously confrontational music. If that's the case, check it out above and enjoy!

"Be My Blood" is taken from When Life Comes to Death, due out May 27 via Deathwish. It's their sophomore LP, after 2011's I Am Not What I Am.

Meet Young and In the Way

Young and In the Way is a North Carolina band with an interesting mix of hardcore punk, crusty production, and various black metal cues. Most of the band's songs on this new 12", I Am Not What I Am, don't even break the two-minute mark, but the band still fits in a d-beat, a blast beat, and a black metal chord progression. The sound of this new recording even resembles the cold, harsh aethetic of a black metal record.

Stream the 12" for free above, and grab it for five bones on the band's Bandcamp. Find info on getting a physical over here.