As you get older, it becomes harder and harder to muster up any excitement for new bands. You find yourself in a rut of listening to bands you loved 10 years ago, and sticking to what you already know. Once in a while, though, a new band will come along that changes this. A band that gets you pumped and excited about hardcore again.
Recently, this has been Cheap Thrills. The band, hailing from the Ruhrpott area in Germany, first came over to the UK with Borrowed Time from Syracuse last September. The show at the 12Bar was competing with Bane/Ceremony/Blacklisted and Have Heart at the Peel the same night so not many people were out to see them. They then had the arduous task of playing second to last at From The Heart Fest in Colchester, and to pretty empty midweek underworld show. The band have not had the best of luck in the UK. I am hoping this will change soon.
The awesome thing about this band are that they are all of the older generation of hardcore kids. All members are over the age of 25 and grew up listening to old NYHC bands and this can be heard in the bands music. They chew up the cro mags with sick of it all with breakdown and spit it out with some EGH.
In a world where many hardcore bands cite their influences as being bands like Guns Up! and Bracewar (no disrespect intended to these two bands), its a breath of fresh air to hear a band that has none of this in their sound.
Check them out!
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