If you ever were a hardcore kid, if you’ve ever experienced that rush of cathartic release, heartfelt screaming, bodies slamming into each other, if you’ve ever felt that sense of community at hardcore shows, I believe that feeling never completely leaves you. In fact, it takes only one great song, one great record to take you back. Mil-Spec’s new LP Marathon is that kind of record. It’s heavy, it’s emotional, it’s familiar yet different, it’s truly special. Touché Amoré, As Friends Rust and Turning Point appear to be influences Mil-Spec (Toronto) draw from, three bands that have tilted our expectations of what hardcore punk should sound like. Indeed, Mil-Spec are not your average hardcore band – the video of standout The Days Don’t End is something else as well, and I am pretty sure that with Marathon they will fuel or reignite a hardcore passion of past and present hardcore kids around the globe. It’s out now on Lockin’ Out Records.
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