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I Hate My Friends

A Case of the Mondays
2008
self-released

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Review by: TheSandwiches
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Published on December 12th 2008

In a day and age where some high-resolution photography, Auto-Tuned vocals and swoosh hair cuts can get you signed from your MySpace page, I Hate My Friends totally took me by surprise.

I had been talking to a few of the members for a few months before they started recording their debut, A Case of the Mondays, and since South Carolina isn't known for its booming punk community, I wasn't sure what to expect.

A Case of the Mondays is a six-song blast of raw and unrelenting ardent punk rock. Musically, their sound falls somewhere in between F.Y.P. and early Gunmoll, while still presenting qualities they breathe life into a sound that they can call their own. Some of these traits include lead guitar work that span from blues-based riffs to angular noodling not far off from something you would hear on Red Medicine by Fugazi. What really works well for them is their use of dual vocalists. Jonathan has a very abrasive voice that strains for attention as soon as the band rips into the first song "Cam Taylor Moves to Gainesville," while as a backup vocalist Kerri is more subdued. That is, until the third song, "let'sgetoutofherebeforesomeuglybitchtriestohitonmeagain," where she takes over lead vocals and opens her self up to the same intensity as Jonathan exudes in the first two songs.

My only complaints with the record is that the mixing could have been more cohesive. Some tracks the guitars stand out where others the guitars are buried, while others the cymbals overpower the rest of the drum set. That being said, for a self-recorded/self-released debut it does stand out stronger than a lot of other self-released EPs I have checked out this year.

For the short time this band has been together (less than six months), this is a very promising start, and I'm looking forward to watching this band grow into a potentially great punk band that is helping to give new life to the coastal Carolina punk scene.

Digital versions of the record can be downloaded for free from their MySpace page and physical copies are being sold at their local shows.



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    Posted by killdefenses on 2008-12-15 13:44:03

    not bad, but i don't hear the gunmoll reference at all.

    Posted by Xote on 2008-12-14 17:40:02

    I agree with the I Hate Myself > statement. But this doesn't sound half bad.

    Posted by deadelectromix on 2008-12-12 13:22:40

    I Hate Myself > This.

    Posted by Grue on 2008-12-12 12:22:07

    I hate my friends.... I hate my friends... I hate my, I hate my, I hate my, I hate my, I hate my friends. I hate my frie-e-e-ends.

    Posted by mikexdude on 2008-12-12 12:17:39

    Do they hate their friends enough to set them on fire?

    Posted by xshoutoutx on 2008-12-12 01:47:19

    Boring.

    Posted by FrankReich on 2008-12-12 00:08:28

    Silverstein, and probably a bunch of shitty bands in the same category as Silverstein, want their album cover back.

    Posted by miniblindbandit on 2008-12-11 23:33:42

    i can hear the fyp. also they remind me a bit of quincy punx for some reason. not bad for a first release

    Posted by bryne on 2008-12-11 23:22:35
    My Score:

    Pretty solid stuff.