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The Lovekill:
Self-Titled EP This debut EP from Cleveland rockers is a welcoming change from some of the city's lower caliber bands such as Rubber City Rebels, who unfortunately don't grasp the concept that you can't have a comeback if you were never really here in the first place. Anway, unlike the "punk" band the Rubber City Rebels, who sent us a novel's worth of press, The Lovekill sent us about a hundred words so that we could make up our own mind in reviewing their work. To clear up any further confusion, it should also be stated that the Lovekill is NOT the same band as Love Kill, which happens to be another band like Rubber City Rebels that only wishes it could play 77-style straight-ahead punk. The Lovekill considers itself post-hardcore, but a more accurate term would be post-Naked Raygun because of the distorted, smashing guitars and vocals that are not quite the focal points of the songs. The albums opener, "Broken Records," offers a great description of a typical weeknight for any rock n' roller staying up and trying to write a song despite the immeasurable pain surrounding him: "I hold tight the concentration I know/ Then I let go/ The notes and the chords/ Broken records means more/ Save my Soul." These are the kind of lyrics that you can't decipher initially, because the music around it provides a drowning effect for these muttered words. The song functions well as a metaphor for itself, and this is what you should come to expect from this band of unsavory folks. Track three, "Karma and Stars," serves up some Murder City Devils-ish guitars on the breakdown and Mission of Burma-like vocals throughout. The Lovekill has released the type of EP that you only wish you could make out of the piles and piles of music and lyrics that you've been putting together for the past few years. When you hear "Perfect Second Try," you hear a song that captures everything going through ones mind when trying to make the right choice with only a second to decide. Nothing speaks more truth than the EPs closer, "Obsolete": "Resistance has a subtlety/ It's organized/ all plotted out for us to see/ We've gotta use it or its never gonna change" Its a reminder that listening to music should always be a challenge and not something that is formulaic. On this EP, The Lovekill has the right idea with its meta-musical songs that do not just make you aware that you are listening to something revolutionary, rather they show that you too can achieve that same state of rebellion.
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