Blacklisted - Eccentrichine (7'')

After surprising (shocking?) their little world two months ago with the incredible 'No one deserves to be here more than me', there they go again with a new 7'' as unexpected as the 12'' ahead of it.

Hardcore heavyweights Blacklisted recorded this four-song EP this summer. It features two new songs as well as new versions of two previous ones: 'The P.I.G.', acoustic on the last album, here benefits from a full instrumentation and 'Wish', taken from 'Heavier than heaven, lonelier than God', in an acoustic take. Both new songs could have been on 'No one deserves to be here more than me'. Bizarre and almost ambient, full of weird instrumentations, they keep the atmosphere the full-length had, strikingly precise and careful. The gorgeous vocals of George Hirsch are accompanied by some female ones on 'Stones throw' and on 'Eccentrichine' he pushes even further the limits of the band's hardcore sound with very cheerful "too-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo" 's while the drums are banging in the back. This latter is probably one of the most accomplished songs the band have ever written and whether you like it or not, you have to admit it's impressive, just like the evolution of the band. The two other songs are good alternatives to the ones we knew, adding to the diversity of Blacklisted's new sound.

With this new 7'', Blacklisted are reiterating the effect provoked by their latest full-length. 'Eccentrichine' is sticking the knife in deeper, confirming the band have become a real unidentified hardcore object, those two new songs sounding like the copulation of Snapcase and Dinosaur Jr.. No doubt, no one deserves to be here more than them.

4/5

Recommanded if you like:
Snapcase, Quicksand, Bitter End
Check also:
New Lows, Downpresser, Pellinore

www.myspace.com/blacklisted
(Six Feet Under Records, 2010)