Screaming. Feedback. Squalls of noise. On the surface, Under a Sky So Blue seems like a one-trick pony. But really, when your guitars sound this meaty and cut lines this clean, what other trick could you possibly need? Besides, the band bashes through more tempo changes in this 10-minute demo than most local acts ever dare to try in a 30-minute set.
Although you can’t comprehend a single word, because the angry blokes of UASSB screech at each other like bitchy teenagers. And after the initial uppercut of an opening, everything else bleeds together, and the track titles dissolve into oblivion under the white-noise slab.
But at least the group promises to provide guilt-free screamo on its Bandcamp page: “no racism, no sexism, no homophobia, no social-classes, no capitalism—no problem!” It’s just a shame that I had to read that mantra in print to catch their drift, y’know? Dudes, the sludge-to-Dischord shtick kills, but if your first release carries on like this, we’ll lose you amongst the sea of other angry men.
Under a Sky So Blue plays the Caledonia Lounge on Friday, Sept. 12 at 9 p.m. as part of Athens Intensified.
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