Blake Incarcerated – "Demo"
Blake Incarcerated – "Demo" - Blake Incarcerated takes quite a few melodic back roads during its trip down the punk/hardcore highway. After a relatively poppy opening barrage with “My Finest Cliché”, the band launches into the enormous power chords of “Blanks & Bombshells“ & it becomes the first of four songs to hammer almost incessantly on one churning guitar note as the rhythm section stops, starts, rolls with fury underneath “Oh Corona“ often obtuse lyrical couplets. The Formula doesn’t grow old, especially when it’s paced with more tuneful moments. These cuts make an ambitious debut that left me thirsty for another long needed drink of this punk and hardcore cocktail of fireball tunes. Blake Incarcerated has some similarities to the style of “None More Black” with their energetic pace and melodic hardcore sound, but do so with a bit more of pop punk touch to their style. It’s hard for me to pinpoint a favorite song on this demo because they are all so damn good. If I HAD to choose one, I guess it would be “Blanks & Bombshells”, but you can’t go wrong with any of the songs. 5/5
