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| 2.0 poor | Doctuses | August 26th 18 |
feeling a light qweef to hard gas on this thing
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| 3.8 excellent | Erwann S. STAFF | December 18th 23 |
Badass queercore whose grind and powerviolence linings only up the fucking violence. This violence is not without purpose, with empowering lyrics sitting next to resistant fuckyouism.
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| 4.0 excellent | Gene Gol-Jonsson CONTRIBUTOR | March 28th 23 |
Fantastic ferocious proclamation of queer power and resistance, where grind and emotionality goes to explode.
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| 4.0 excellent | cjbizzlebizzle | October 30th 18 |
Intensely angry and aggressive pro-trans grind/powerviolence/queercore that incredibly violent in sound and focuses heavily on the rights and experience of trans persons. HIRS do a great job when they are at their fastest and heaviest naturally combining massively heavy grind riffs with faster, more power chord based hardcore riffs. The various vocalists found on the record are a treat all lending their best screams and yells; this vocal variety is a key to the success of the album as a whole. HIRS does not have a filter and their lyrical content is bound to turn off listeners who are not looking for a political, heavily opinionated experience. That aside, HIRS are incredibly energetic and dedicated to their cause and this only augments how powerful the music on this record comes out. The main issues for Friends. Lovers. Favorites. is the slight repetitiveness of the songs and the remixes included at the end, which really feel out of place after the first 25 tracks. It's OK to Be Sad, It's OK to Be Sick.
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| 4.0 excellent | TheManMachine | September 4th 18 |
Intolerants and formalists may dismiss it as a gimmick, but the recent alt-gender surge in hardcore has been pretty refreshing+becoming. Omitted identities bursting through in an infamously routine scene is always thrilling to behold, especially when their long-overlooked maltreatment translates into a grinding fierceness few can muster. Kicks off with a bloodcurdling scream that inflames-n-stuns every time and really doesn't let up from there; constantly clobbering you over the cranium with its sound and ranting doctrine and sub-minute razings. And tho they seem consumed by obstinate vengeance and the struggle to survive and abhorring authority (i.e. everyone else), their collectivist configuration and collaborating with everyone from Martin Sorrondeguy to Shirley Manson convey a cute+comforting sense of tight-knit camaraderie. See when they give love to their friends/lovers/favorites for being "the sweetest people" and remind em they're gorgeous. Or on "It's OK To Be Sick" when they advise them to "take it day by day, take care of yourself, and ask us if you need anything"; right before hitting em in the face with a bass drop.
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| 4.5 superb | Pvzuzu | March 28th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | TMTrates | February 25th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | kevbogz | September 22nd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Henry | August 28th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Josh F. | December 24th 18 |
| 2.5 average | Pon EMERITUS | October 27th 18 |
| 3.5 great | adr | September 15th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Prole | August 22nd 18 |
| 3.5 great | gilly | June 7th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | robin | May 5th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | botb | May 1st 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Spluger | April 24th 18 |
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