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The band themselves, well they describe it as \u201cWest Midlands emo.\u201d Personally, my first thought was Marked Men trying indie rock while recording everything live-to-tape in a room with half the equipment breaking down.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"804\" data-end=\"1148\">Whatever label you slap on it, these songs are gloriously blown out. Total noise, buzzing amps, rough edges everywhere, yet the melodies punch through so hard they refuse to stay buried. Like flowers growing through cracked concrete, or hooks fighting their way out of a collapsing practice space wall. 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