Three One G
@threeoneg welcomes Negative Blast
@negativeblastsd to the family!
If you’ve had your eye on San Diego hardcore in the past five years, Negative Blast shouldn’t be a new name. Over the course of two demos, an LP and a split 7”, the band has proven to be as unconventional as they are prolific, merging traditional West Coast hardcore sensibilities with an ever-expanding sonic palate that’s heavy on experimentation. That’s truer than ever on their newest LP, Destroy Myself For Fun.
Recorded at Sunsick Studios by the band’s own Alex Jacobelli and mastered by Brad Boatwright at Audiosiege, Destroy Myself For Fun chronicles a band evolving in real time. Where their previous LP, Echo Planet, iterated upon the California hardcore that forms Negative Blast’s musical foundation, Destroy Myself For Fun bends it almost to its breaking point. The core influence of West Coast greats like Black Flag and Adolescents shines through as brightly as ever, and the band’s affinity for post-punk flourishes is still detectable, but several moments of unabashed guitar heroism bring to mind the hardcore-informed desert rock of bands like Fu Manchu. Which is to say nothing of the abundant and shockingly catchy choruses. It’s this disregard for convention that makes them a perfect match for San Diego’s legendary Three One G, who have teamed up with the band’s previous label Vitriol
@vitriol_records to release Destroy Myself For Fun.
If anything in the above text has you angrily sweating through your Crucifix shirt, don’t get it twisted—Negative Blast is still very much a hardcore band. Tupatupa moshparts and chorus drenched guitars will ring as familiar anchor points to anyone who’s kept up with the last decade’s hardcore zeitgeist. The difference is that instead of playing to a form, Negative Blast is just playing. This is not curated cool for the fingerless leather glove crowd. It demands more of the listener. Yes, Destroy Myself For Fun is a hardcore record, and it’s a loving ode to one of the form’s most foundational precepts: Everything ain’t for everyone.
📸 Becky DiGiglio
@yourethenight
#negativeblast #threeoneg
