NARWHAL
s/t EP
A1) The Guild Of Taxidermists
A2) I Always
My SkateboardB1) Prism Defector
A London-based screamo-y hardcore band that took 90's influences and dragged them into the modern day.
Released July 1st, 2006.
Limited to 324 EPs.
Co-released with sncl and Too Cool To Dance.
Narwhal were Derek Ludwig, Ben Norton, Matt Estall, Dan Graham & Toby Preston.
Recorded and mixed in two days of November 2005 by Scott McCormick at Robin Hood Studios in London.
Reviews
Narwhal feature ex members of Mawng Chopps, Soon The Darkness and Parades of Spectres (and more) and are one of the best screamy UK hardcore bands. It would be doing them a disservice though to call them screamo, they are however a force to be reckoned with on this 7”. The recording for a start is better than most of the 7”s I own and better than most of the bands you could compare them to. Like maybe Merel or Mohinder or Heroin in style, but like Night and the City of Broken Promises they have a grasp of a good melodic tune as well as a keen grasp of dynamics. The vocals sit back in the mix and are all screamed. Narwhal take from hardcore of the early 90’s and build on it with new ideas and innovation. I wait to hear further recordings from them but this is a beautiful debut 7”. Consider me a fan!
- Last Hours