{"id":5845,"date":"2016-03-29T10:27:38","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T10:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-merricks-tusk-regroup-and-reform\/"},"modified":"2018-03-21T22:16:05","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T22:16:05","slug":"album-review-merricks-tusk-regroup-and-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-merricks-tusk-regroup-and-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Merrick\u2019s Tusk –\u00a0Regroup and Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It was always a minor bugbear of mine that relatively few UK bands found their way onto Deep Elm\u2019s hugely influential \u2018Emo Diaries\u2019<\/i> series, despite a healthy underground emo and post-hardcore scene around the turn of the century.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the biggest compliment that I can pay to Merrick\u2019s Tusk\u2019s<\/b> \u2018Regroup and Reform\u2019<\/i> is that any of the six songs on offer would have not looked out of place in that series.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not to say \u2018Regroup and Reform\u2019<\/i> sounds dated or exists simply as a nod to a better time. Yes, there\u2019s a certain stylistic nod to acts such as Cross My Heart or Brandtson or Elliott, proving these guys are well schooled in some of the more exciting acts of the emo\/post-hardcore golden age, but there is also a fire that burns brightly in these Nottinghamshire lads, and a building, cataclysmic sound that\u2019s in the same ballpark as the stadium rock ambitions of Lonely The Brave.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

What\u2019s most exciting about \u2018Regroup and Reform\u2019<\/i> though is the confidence with which Merrick\u2019s Tusk<\/b> switch things up. There\u2019s a solid crunch throughout; guitars stab and swirl almost simultaneously while drums puncture and pound, offset by John Jeacock\u2019s vocals, which jump from sombre to pleading in an instant. Yet there\u2019s also a delicateness on cuts such as \u2018Votary\u2019<\/i> and some massive hooks on \u2018Keplar\u2019<\/i>; moments of clarity and light that which emerge from almost nowhere to suck you in and will you to listen again and again.<\/p>\n

Such ambitions pull together perfectly on the mesmerising \u2018The Hopeful\u2019<\/i>, a majestic end note that leaves you elated and thrilled. It\u2019s gold medal winning stuff, and further proof that the UK underground is really riding the crest of a wave at the moment.<\/p>\n

4.5\/5<\/p>\n

\u2019Regroup and Reform’<\/em> by Merrick\u2019s Tusk<\/strong> is released on April 1st on Button Pusher DIY<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Merrick\u2019s Tusk<\/strong> links: Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a>|Bandcamp<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

Words by Rob Mair (@BobNightMair<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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