Yo the General Public.
We have 2 new shows booked.
4th October (sunday) in Kingston,
T'Cocks
W/Lights Out + More TBC
6th November (friday) in Brighton,
T'Goblin
W/Serf Combat, The Grizzley Ends
These will be our last EVER shows. (Probably, Definitely, Maybe..) This is life. Touch my bum.
Sunday, 9 August 2009
Sunday, 2 August 2009
A Couple More Review and stuff...
Mass Movement Zine: July 2009
Bastion – Consequences CD (Home Of The Brave)
Now, this is phenomenal! Not allowing a second for unnecessary things like breathing, Bastion play a furious and unique brand of hardcore punk that doesn’t let up from the opening drum-roll of ‘Beasts’ to the fade-out of album closer ‘Velocity.’ Every song is an anthem. Closing your eyes and listening closely invokes images of sweaty basement venues, beer flying everywhere, and grown men embracing each other and shouting each word with a gusto usually reserved for heroes. The record is short and sweet, with 14 tracks clocking in at just under half an hour, meaning there are no fillers or weak tracks, just slab after slab of bruising punk rock in the vein of The Nerve Agents, Gallows, or None More Black. If you have grown bored of the almost endless stream of British ‘hardcore’ bands with faux American-slang accents (‘Straight Outta Bromwich?’), then trust me when I say you will not go wrong with Bastion. ‘Consequences’ is a mandatory buy for any hardcore or punk enthusiast.
***Cheers Mass Movement Zine, amazing!***
Black Velvet Magazine: Issue 61: July 2009
Bastion - Consequences CD (Home of the Brave)
At last, a punk rock band with more of a true punk influence, none of that watered down crap. Like many punk albums there us little difference between each track, but when the average length of a song is just over two minutes, few will care.You can forget the stereotyped punk lyrical content, sure there is anger and aggression, but the 'down with modern culture' attitude doesn't dominate this fun and frantic album. 'Deetectives', 'No Sleep 'Til Brighton' and 'Dooooomed' are some of the more enjoyable tracks. 'Velocity' is a grand and epic (as epic as punk can be) end to the album. 'Consequences' won't be a hit with the new legion of Green Day adoring punks, but anyone who has a love for Rancid or Minor Threat will come to adore it.
4/5 Rating (Reviewer: Mark MacQueen)
***Schwing! Cheers BlackVelvet people!***
So more good reviews, but alas what difference does this make - we already know that you won't buy the album you credit crunched mp3 downloading people!
Anyway, we're not doing anything over the summer - and as you probably already know Daves moving abroad in the Autumn and I'm (Bowden) being a treachorus bastard so we won't be playing a lot more shows, just one or two in October - so keep your eyes on the prize and we'll let you know when these final shows occur.
Have a grand summer y'all.
Bastion – Consequences CD (Home Of The Brave)
Now, this is phenomenal! Not allowing a second for unnecessary things like breathing, Bastion play a furious and unique brand of hardcore punk that doesn’t let up from the opening drum-roll of ‘Beasts’ to the fade-out of album closer ‘Velocity.’ Every song is an anthem. Closing your eyes and listening closely invokes images of sweaty basement venues, beer flying everywhere, and grown men embracing each other and shouting each word with a gusto usually reserved for heroes. The record is short and sweet, with 14 tracks clocking in at just under half an hour, meaning there are no fillers or weak tracks, just slab after slab of bruising punk rock in the vein of The Nerve Agents, Gallows, or None More Black. If you have grown bored of the almost endless stream of British ‘hardcore’ bands with faux American-slang accents (‘Straight Outta Bromwich?’), then trust me when I say you will not go wrong with Bastion. ‘Consequences’ is a mandatory buy for any hardcore or punk enthusiast.
***Cheers Mass Movement Zine, amazing!***
Black Velvet Magazine: Issue 61: July 2009
Bastion - Consequences CD (Home of the Brave)
At last, a punk rock band with more of a true punk influence, none of that watered down crap. Like many punk albums there us little difference between each track, but when the average length of a song is just over two minutes, few will care.You can forget the stereotyped punk lyrical content, sure there is anger and aggression, but the 'down with modern culture' attitude doesn't dominate this fun and frantic album. 'Deetectives', 'No Sleep 'Til Brighton' and 'Dooooomed' are some of the more enjoyable tracks. 'Velocity' is a grand and epic (as epic as punk can be) end to the album. 'Consequences' won't be a hit with the new legion of Green Day adoring punks, but anyone who has a love for Rancid or Minor Threat will come to adore it.
4/5 Rating (Reviewer: Mark MacQueen)
***Schwing! Cheers BlackVelvet people!***
So more good reviews, but alas what difference does this make - we already know that you won't buy the album you credit crunched mp3 downloading people!
Anyway, we're not doing anything over the summer - and as you probably already know Daves moving abroad in the Autumn and I'm (Bowden) being a treachorus bastard so we won't be playing a lot more shows, just one or two in October - so keep your eyes on the prize and we'll let you know when these final shows occur.
Have a grand summer y'all.
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