Little Angels: Psycho Summer 7"
Pittsburgh's own kin playing fast hardcore with a positive christian message. Maybe you've seen them at Skullfest, maybe when your band played pittsburgh, maybe on the road...but in any case they've made an impression on you. Feel their high-intensity lo-fi destruction they've created on Psycho Summer. Combined with sassy yet ear-piercing vocals this band is part of the new wave of pittsburgh hardcore with like minded bands of Speed Plans, Necro Heads, and Living World. Can't wait to see what they have in store next.
Our take: Debut vinyl from this band from Pittsburgh associated with the vibrant scene around bands like Speed Plans, Illiterates, and Necro Heads. While Little Angels’ sound on Psycho Summer is nastier and more blown out than any of those bands’ records, it’s still of a piece with them, particularly Illiterates, who like Little Angels have a noticeable straight edge influence to their raw and ragged hardcore. Psycho Summer opens with three sub-one-minute rippers that evoke the most raging parts of Urban Waste, but with nine tracks on this record, there’s space for Little Angels to shake things up. My favorite track is “Boyfriend Phone,” a mid-paced pit clearer whose open riffing gives more space to the vocals, which ride a hooky counter-rhythm in the chorus that makes me want to chant along, fist in the air. But the strongest thing about Psycho Summer is how energetic and full of life it feels… great hardcore should make it impossible to sit still, and this fits the bill.
Pittsburgh's own kin playing fast hardcore with a positive christian message. Maybe you've seen them at Skullfest, maybe when your band played pittsburgh, maybe on the road...but in any case they've made an impression on you. Feel their high-intensity lo-fi destruction they've created on Psycho Summer. Combined with sassy yet ear-piercing vocals this band is part of the new wave of pittsburgh hardcore with like minded bands of Speed Plans, Necro Heads, and Living World. Can't wait to see what they have in store next.
Our take: Debut vinyl from this band from Pittsburgh associated with the vibrant scene around bands like Speed Plans, Illiterates, and Necro Heads. While Little Angels’ sound on Psycho Summer is nastier and more blown out than any of those bands’ records, it’s still of a piece with them, particularly Illiterates, who like Little Angels have a noticeable straight edge influence to their raw and ragged hardcore. Psycho Summer opens with three sub-one-minute rippers that evoke the most raging parts of Urban Waste, but with nine tracks on this record, there’s space for Little Angels to shake things up. My favorite track is “Boyfriend Phone,” a mid-paced pit clearer whose open riffing gives more space to the vocals, which ride a hooky counter-rhythm in the chorus that makes me want to chant along, fist in the air. But the strongest thing about Psycho Summer is how energetic and full of life it feels… great hardcore should make it impossible to sit still, and this fits the bill.
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Pittsburgh's own kin playing fast hardcore with a positive christian message. Maybe you've seen them at Skullfest, maybe when your band played pittsburgh, maybe on the road...but in any case they've made an impression on you. Feel their high-intensity lo-fi destruction they've created on Psycho Summer. Combined with sassy yet ear-piercing vocals this band is part of the new wave of pittsburgh hardcore with like minded bands of Speed Plans, Necro Heads, and Living World. Can't wait to see what they have in store next.
Our take: Debut vinyl from this band from Pittsburgh associated with the vibrant scene around bands like Speed Plans, Illiterates, and Necro Heads. While Little Angels’ sound on Psycho Summer is nastier and more blown out than any of those bands’ records, it’s still of a piece with them, particularly Illiterates, who like Little Angels have a noticeable straight edge influence to their raw and ragged hardcore. Psycho Summer opens with three sub-one-minute rippers that evoke the most raging parts of Urban Waste, but with nine tracks on this record, there’s space for Little Angels to shake things up. My favorite track is “Boyfriend Phone,” a mid-paced pit clearer whose open riffing gives more space to the vocals, which ride a hooky counter-rhythm in the chorus that makes me want to chant along, fist in the air. But the strongest thing about Psycho Summer is how energetic and full of life it feels… great hardcore should make it impossible to sit still, and this fits the bill.
