Braindead
No Consequences
Burn Bridges (2008)
Hailing from areas around the city of Philadelphia, Braindead have quickly become one of my favorite current hardcore bands. Formed only a few years ago, the band has already released a demo, a split 7" with Blackbirds, and this, their debut full-length, No Consequences. Over the course of the ten-song twenty-three minute affair Braindead showcases a variety of influences within … Read more
Braindead / Blackbirds
Split
Burn Bridges (2007)
The split effort from Burn Bridges teams up two underrated bands that definitely deserve more attention. Pennsylvania's Braindead and Michigan's Blackbirds each deliver original songs as well as covering classic The Stooges songs. Braindead offers up three originals of melodic hardcore that draw influence from the likes of Turning Point and Kid Dynamite. In between the two "songs" is an … Read more
Hostages
Legend in my Head, Failure to the World
Burn Bridges (2007)
Hailing from Philadelphia, Hostages play over-emotional guilt ridden hardcore in the version of American Nightmare, The Hope Conspiracy, Suicide File and other bands that once hailed from Boston. I would compare them to Knives Out if anyone outside of the City of Brotherly Love knew who I was talking about. Hostages are another band for lonely sleepless nights with your … Read more
