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[d4mtlabsinc]

Subdued live at D4MTLABSinc. set now on youtube!! Check it out and keep an eye out for the TAZ one coming soon!!

[daedcitytokyo]

Thank you Paco‼️ The Lowest formのTシャツとLP La Vida Es Un Musのステッカーとバッチも送ってくれた。ありがとう‼️ . #lavidaesunmus #thelowestform https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu89-CYgUAv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=l8d5rks99jdf

[daedcitytokyo]

DEAD CITY TOKYO GRAPHICS . Official Bootleg logo "LA VIDA ES UN MUS " . #deadcitytokyographics #lavidaesunmus #discospunk #bootleglogo #design#logo #london#hackney https://www.instagram.com/p/BrQEr3QgsO6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=kxxfhlj0qpf9

[beatdisc]

Better late than never! The new 2020 album from Melbourne death-metal trio Faceless Burial has finally landed! "Speciation" dropped back in August but kept on selling out before we could get our hands on copies. We've now fenagled some of the 2nd press on translucent blue vinyl, direct from UK label @mesacounojo (cheers Jesus!). We've also taken the oppurtunity to stock up on some other releases from MSUO as well as fellow UK label @lavidaesunmus, including new records from Ossuary, Gorephilia, Ataraxia, Hekate, Cryptworm and plenty more. #facelessburial #speciation #mesacounojorecords #lavidaesunmus #deathmetal (at Beatdisc Records) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIFQIO-Btnh/?igshid=uio4geo09yq7

[genericrecordreviews]

Fried e/M, Modern World (Lumpy / La Vida Es Un Mus, 2020)

A few years back I had an idea for a project where I’d collect pieces of what I called “punk poetry”, but then gave it up because it was too hard to actually define. Rude, dirty, blunt language used in an evocative way? Ugly feelings expressed through ugly words that somehow achieve beauty through shock? Random, drunken ramblings opening windows on profound truths? Yeah, I don’t know. Punk poetry. You get it. Like Fried e/M lyrics.

Of course their unpretentious, sneering, self-deprecatingly funny lyrics wouldn’t work as well if they weren’t backed by snotty hardcore punk in its purest form. “Lobotomy” (“I don’t want no therapy, I just want lobotomy / ‘Cause I can’t deal with being me”) sounds like a ‘Group Sex’ outtake, while “Pleasure OD” beautifully channels the spirit of early Black Flag or the Germs.

I know I’m always going on about nostalgia (I’m not, but I do get annoyed when old fucks try to push that “punk’s not as good as it used to be” shit). In a world where I can type “Dicks” anywhere in any moment and listen to The Originals (well maybe I should add a couple words to that Google search), playing old school-worshipping punk rock requires special talent, and Fried e/M have it. It’s got that dejà-vu feel but in a good way (I had to google “Turquoise Soup" because I thought it was a cover, but it turns out it just sounds like a classic—and I’d heard it on their earlier EP).

Fucking “Capitalist Eyes” sounds like Cheetah Chrome Motherfuckers! “Modern World”? Crucifucks-ian. “You’re an Internet victim of the modern world / I don’t want to be / In this modern world”. Do you get it? “I’m gonna die laughing / Laughing at this world / Laughing at this world I never wanted / Laughing at this world I never needed”. More poetry? “Hippie child better learn to throw a brick”. Are you pacing around your living room shaking your fists and letting out little yelps of approval? I most definitely am.

Click here to listen to Modern World on Bandcamp.

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[genericrecordreviews]

Subdued, Over The Hills And Far Away (La Vida Es Un Mus / Roachleg, 2020)

I usually like my punk with as little metal in it as possible. But I found out you can get away with a few long-haired shenanigans to my ears if you just pay attention and follow a few simple rules: sick riffs; keep the soloing discreet; crunchy trebly guitars, please, none of that bass-heavy bullshit; no growling; no hi-pitched squeals.

That's easy, see? Subdued had no problem fulfilling all my requests. When they go back to grabbing you by the hair to drag you to the end of side A, after the cool, atmospheric, bleak intermission following “Death or Lies”, they do so with two straight-up punk bangers: the mean gothic stomp of “Problem of Evil” and “No More”, a 1 minute and 44 seconds masterclass in no-bullshit classic 1-2 UK hardcore.

It’s all very dreary. The lyrics have a sort of dry gothic style, halfway between a 1940s American noir, an anarchist pamphlet and 19th century romantic poetry. The 16 page booklet, illustrated by the band’s drummer Nicky Rat, is dismally beautiful. Comparing this record to the latest Bad Breeding LP (which is kind of what the label blurb prompts you to do) I feel like the latter have a more earthly, concrete approach to the politics. Subdued sound more vague in their stance, adopting an aestheticized, poetic point of view on despair that leaves you wanting a little more substance. Still, some of the lyrics hit the right spot: “Is hope the joke?” is a line that will make any punk vocalist mad at themselves for not having thought of it first.

On Over The Hills And Far Away Subdued do it all. Mid-tempo punk stompers, breakneck hardcore ragers, top notch metalpunk, melancholic goth atmospheres—on “War Cry” even in one song. While music nerds will no doubt love to pick them apart and point out that this riff sounds just like this, the drumming is straight up lifted from that etc., I’m too ignorant and disinterested to play the game. While it won’t be the most original-sounding album of the year, it will probably be one of the best.

Click here to listen to Over The Hills And Far Away on Bandcamp.

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[daedcitytokyo]

DEAD CITY TOKYO GRAPHICS . Official bootleg logo "La Vida Es Un Mus New hoodie " . ロンドンのパンクレコードショップ　La Vida Es Un Musでパーカーが発売になりました。 ネットで購入可能です。 . #lavidaesunmus #deadcitytokyo #hoodie #logo #logodesigns https://www.instagram.com/p/B9HT5pojEsj/?igshid=s1hdaxo8hlt2