{"id":70972,"date":"2018-10-16T16:00:47","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=70972"},"modified":"2018-10-16T20:34:04","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T19:34:04","slug":"review-shook-ones-body-feel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-shook-ones-body-feel\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Shook Ones – Body Feel"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Warning: visitors to Seattle should be aware of a vicious beast. It\u2019s aggressive, it spends much of its time hibernating, it\u2019s likely to savage you. No, it\u2019s not a bear; it\u2019s hardcore band Shook Ones<\/strong>, emerging from their dormant state and about to unleash new album \u2018Body Feel<\/em>\u2019.<\/p>\n

Despite forming in 2004, Shook Ones <\/strong>only release albums sporadically and this is their first full-length since 2009\u2019s \u2018The Unquotable AH<\/em>\u2019. Having relocated from their original stomping ground of Bellingham you shouldn\u2019t be surprised their hardcore punk sound has shifted somewhat, away from hardcore but remaining very much punk. Yes, the sound is less hostile, but it is by no means tame. Think domesticated wolf and you\u2019re in the right territory.<\/p>\n

By trading their claws for hooks the band creates a compromise between power and vulnerability. In many ways, it works but it\u2019s not the smoothest of transformations. Vocalist Scott Freeman sings like he\u2019s been punched in the nose, biting and honking but managing to be subtly melodic, especially on \u2018You Missed A Button<\/em>\u2019 and \u2018Should He Be Driving<\/em>?\u2019 On \u2018Night Blind<\/em>\u2019 he\u2019s too preoccupied with barking and bile for nuance, yet never loses sight of the punk sing-along.<\/p>\n