A third Just Some Punk Songs appearance today for SLANT, the powerful hardcore punk 5 piece from Seoul who've been releasing some of the liveliest music around since 2018. They were previously featured here :
They're back with their 2023 demo which has been released to coincide with their short tour of Japan which will see them playing Tokyo on Sept 1st, Osaka Sept 2nd and Tokyo again Sept 3rd.
There's times when I'll check out a new hardcore punk album and think that's not for me, it's just a bit too relentlessly heavy and I can't find a way in. I like my hardcore to have a few hooks to hang my hat on. One band that certainly doesn't have me thinking that way is South Korean 5 piece Slant. From Seoul, and featuring a line up of Yeji, Yuying, Candy, Gunny & Garrett, they've just released their debut album. It's titled, rather aptly, 1집 (1st album), and it's probably the best of the year so far.
We first heard from them in 2018 when they released a splendid Demo and they followed it up a year later with an ep titled Vain Attempt. We've had to wait a while for the album (I mentioned it when I featured opening track Enemy last June https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2020/06/slant-enemy.html) but it's certainly been worthwhile. It's 10 heavy as hell (but still accessible to milksops like myself) prime cuts that are trimmed of all fat. Only the closing song, Casualty, drifts past the 2 minute mark. The remainder are short, sharp stabs dealing with subjects such as terminal illness, ennui, shameless sadists and army life etc. The pace never slows and your senses are pummelled but it's not a chore to get through it. It's a blast!
how did it feel when you lied through your teeth?
when you lied through your finger?
your choices have been made
you decided to kill yourself with it
how did it feel?
drowning in your own lies
rotting in your own mess
you can hide, but you can't run
you can't run (from your fucking lie)
Slant are a powerful hardcore punk band from Seoul (South Korea) who've already pummelled our senses with a 2018 Demo and an ep titled Vain Attempt and are now preparing to unleash their debut full length. They've shared a track from the album and made this statement :
Police brutality and the murder of innocent black people in the United States needs to end now. We are not able to protest directly in Korea, but there are other ways we can help. Many protesters have been and will be wrongfully arrested for fighting for true justice. To aid those who cannot make bail, all proceeds from this song will be donated to the Massachusetts Bail Fund (https://www.massbailfund.org) along with our own personal donations and we'll post the receipt on Bandcamp each time we make a transaction. Thank you. The song is a blistering female fronted attack on those that remain silent, it's a concise but effective message and bodes well for the upcoming full length. https://slant.bandcamp.com/
It's called Enemy...
on the winning side safest place to hide scared to say what's right so embrace it
ENEMY
time's up, door's shut you're no different than them
