KALEIDOSCOPE ostensibly draws from anarcho-punk of the 1980s but going back at least to their previous record, I've always felt like I just heard a lot of Rollins-era BLACK FLAG and maybe POISON IDEA. But maybe that's just another way to specify that we're talking about US anarcho-punk rather than the UK varietals which are more quirked up. Like CRUCIFIX basically sounds like AGNOSTIC FRONT if you took out the slow parts so I don't really get why some snobs worship the former and look down their noses at the latter. Both bands are great. The galloping riffs and gang vocals on "Blood Minerals" sounds like it could belong to a late-2000s or early-2010s crossover band. Anyways, the chemistry among the members of KALEIDOSCOPE is very evident on CITIES OF FEAR as the songs sprawl out while remaining focused on their core ideas and concepts, and remain intelligible to fans of all different types of real punk and hardcore. It's obviously not easy to achieve that especially considering it was all written and recorded within a few days.
Fav tracks: Manufactured Squalor, Blood Minerals
FFO: Crucifix, Rollins-era Black Flag, early Poison Idea
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