For Fans Of: Kidcrash, Daniel Striped Tiger, The Reptilian
Genre: Post-Hardcore / Screamo / Math Rock
Website: Bandcamp
Description:
Just found out about this band the other day and man have I been slacking. I'm surprised that none of the blogs I follow have covered this DIY gem. I'm assuming most of you have no idea who they are (since they can't be tracked anywhere), but Alta are a four-piece post-hardcore band from Milwaukee who are rising to be something that should be heard. The instrumentation on this release is incredible; their noodly/shoegazy guitar work sounds like something Kidcrash would do if they decided to sound more like Explosions in the Sky. I also like how they put extra distortion on the bass, giving it that loud crunchy tone that sounds like a blown speaker. However, there are some set-backs with this release: the singer at times sounds like his voice is about to crack from trying to over scream and it sometimes gets drowned out as background noise. Nevertheless, the musicianship is so good on this thing that i'm willing to forget about that kinda shit. They also did a great job on producing this thing (are all DIY bands getting better at this?) for a band that no one knows about. I unfortunately don't have the download link for this release (since i can't find it anywhere), so I figured I'd just put up their bandcamp page so you could hopefully buy it and check out their other releases. This band is going to be one to pay attention to. Get into it.
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