New Choons: Loom - 'I Get A Taste'

Punk. Its almost a dirty word nowadays isn't it? With its constant rebrandings and sincerity often commercially raped, its difficult to truly call a band punk when to some people the word brings to mind Green Day, Blink 182 and Fall Out Boy (no disrespect to said bands) rather than Husker Du, Fugazi or even Sonic Youth. Loom however are a band that the word can unashamedly be plastered to without any uncertainty or disgrace. Bringing heaps of fuzz, energy and bombastic brutality that scream another word important to the genre (and all others theoretically), integrity.

"I Get A Taste", the bands most recent single, is a snarling beast of a track biting at the ankles of your inner Henry Rollins. It slips and slides managing the impressive feat of sounding edgy and smooth simultaneously with thundering drum rolls and scuzzy guitars galore. Singer Tarik Badwin (baby brother of The Horrors' Faris Badwin) is known for his onstage ferociousness and menacing death stare but is just as exciting a presence in audio alone. "When I see you around, when I see your face, I get a taste of what I'm missing" he growls threateningly in a manner akin to Mudhoney's Mark Arm. Its influences are obvious sure, take a pinch of The Jesus Lizard, and mix with a dash of Nirvana/Mudhoney and you're sitting at the band's dinner table. However, Loom are refreshing despite their bootlegging, bringing a unique modern twist to their music whilst sticking to their guns and staying integral and authentic by being the way they want to be. "I Get A Taste" is out March 25 (today!) on Hate Hate Hate Records with an EP expected to drop in Spring.

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