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Get Some! – “And then you Die” (WTF Records, 2022)


By the end of the Seventies, a musical genre was created. Since then, and a bit like everything else in life, it went through changes until it reached its present form. but if you are here, you know this stuff, obviously. Two tone out of here. 

Off to The Netherlands we march, to meet up with Get Some! and check “And then you Die”, that came out via WTF Records earlier this year. It is aggressive, but not in a Negative Approach kind of aggressive; a bit more like NYHC, you know? that groove for which that specific scene is known for. Here and there you can find harsher moments, more Cro-Mags than SOIA, for example, but overall, it is quite a melodic Hardcore. 


I like it. I cannot always get my bottom beaten up by harder, and rawer, Hardcore; sometimes we do need something more mellow. You got to dig the groove, and that is also a Dutch Hardcore heritage. The Netherlands is known for having a strong scene, and the years have proven that. These guys are very capable to put together a set of songs that depict the melodic side of Hardcore. Cool hooks and groovy riffs; nothing very modern, if you know what I mean (I do tend to dislike modern riffing… Old School grumpy man). 

“… and then you die” has this fast pace, and very cool moments. It is, in a way very American almost NYHC. Overall, this set of songs reminds me of SOIA more than any other NYHC band. Not bad, not bad at all. Always enjoyed their groove, the way they executed their Hardcore. Get Some! are not a SOIA clone, especially when you have some bits that resemble that anger you get from the Cro-Mags, for example. Nice set of songs, where melody is ever-present, but the foot is never taken off the pedal.

Sense of Justice – “Young at Heart” (WTF Records, 2022)
 

Every artistical movement has its place of birth. Those first expressions of music, painting, cinema, whatever. Them, the forefathers, will always be seen as the true ignitors of the flame that spread throughout the Globe, and revered for the ages. Hardcore, like any other artistic movement, has its place of birth. If you are more into de Boston scene, or more into the NY scene, or prefer the DS scene, or if you are a football hooligan and prefer what the Brits did with Punk around 82, there is a great selection of Hardcore Punk, in my honest opinion. 

Agnostic Front, SSD, Minor Threat, GBH. Similarities? It is Hardcore, and that is the core of it. Sense of Justice is a true Hardcore band, a powerful, and strongly built Hardcore band. You can hear some traces of NYHC, which is not bad at all, as well as some melodic riffing and groovy moments. Altogether, the have a really cool formula.


In certain moments Sense of Justice sounds very much like Agnostic Front, maybe the way the verses are sang remind me of Miret. You know those situations that remind you of A, even if it has nothing to do with A? I know this sounds very much nonsense… what we have is 11 Hardcore tracks, aggressive and groovy, as well as melodic. This is a very important detail, in my opinion: you can be aggressive AND melodic; the 2 can live together in perfect harmony, you know?
One other thing that made me enjoy this release is that there is no effort to sound modern. Modern Hardcore is a bit like Modern RAP… a big NO in my book. The updates and upgrades do not fit my view of the genre. I do open an exception for Turnstile, but those lads are not just Hardcore, they are Music.

Back to Sense of Justice. I have listened to these 11 tracks, many times this morning, and I see them, more and more, as a very upbeat set of songs, as well as the already mentioned aggressive side to it. Again, it has the melody and the harsh touch, so well associated with Hardcore. It is, in the end, a very cool release. Check it out.



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