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Troubled Coast I’ve Been Thinking About Leaving You EP Having started out playing derivative hardcore, California’s Troubled Coast are now barely a shade of their old selves. More interesting layers and nuances have complemented each release, and their progression culminates in this impressive four-song offering on Pure Noise Records. Even during the band's improvement, there […]

Handguns/Forever Came Calling Split EP Handguns claim to play melodic hardcore, but really, they are a pop-punk band, through and through. Rollicking basslines make way for sing-along vocals in opening track “Smoke And Mirrors,” an ode to doing it your own way—or, in this case, the pop-punk way. The guitarists pick-sweep like demons, the drummer […]