NEGATIVE BLAST – “Echo Planet” LP

San Diego newcomers Negative Blast are built from past membership of Lewd Acts, Hour of the Wolf, [CON•TACT], with the recent addition of Mario Rubalcaba from Hot Snakes, Earthless, OFF! An expertly crafted slab of hardcore punk that is fresh and unconventional while sucking up nutrients from the genre’s deep stretching roots. Stompy, knuckle dragging beats, with howling-growling vocals, heavy grinding bass, and sneaky melodic hooks – it’s Gel/Bib with added Pissed Jeans and My War era Black Flag by way of Transistor Transistor and Wrangler Brutes. A delicious twenty minutes deserving of repeated second helpings.