Ex-Cult Premiere ‘Meda House Company’ On Stereogum || “Cigarette Machine” EP Out February 9th On Castle Face‏

 

On the tail of their excellent breakout 2nd LP “Midnight Passenger” on Goner Records, we have a brand new batch of bruisers from Ex-Cult, the Memphis-based punk cyclone that no doubt has laid waste to a town near you recently. Chris Shaw lends a sneering, spitting toughness to the proceedings while the band flays riffs in loose, hairy mosh inducing menace behind him, touching on post-punk, psych sprawl, and early 80s hardcore while remaining beholden to none. They have the power to convert even the most jaded and bored concertgoer into a sweaty mess in the pit, I’ve seen it first hand… punks, scene rats, skaters, skinheads, hardcore kids, druggies – so many disparate groups dig this band it’s like an MRR cartoon waiting to happen. This too-short collection of adrenal-enhancers are road warriors already – the title track’s chants of “trou-ble-finds-me” immediately transports me back to their packed and stanky show at The Smell every time I put the record on – the only problem with this sterling batch of sluggers is that it’s over too quick.
It’s out on Castle Face Records on vinyl and CD and Lolipop Records on cassette February 9th.

 

 

Listen To ‘Cigarette Machine’ On FADER

Praise For Ex-Cult

“Ex-Cult displayed a knack for genre-smudging clamor, balancing elements of hardcore, punk, and gooey psychedelia. “Cigarette Machine,” the title track of the Memphis band’s forthcoming EP, is a bleak whirlwind of shredding.” –FADER

“The album suddenly feels vital and electric” –Pitchfork

“their music is a testament to just how timeless some savage, punk-inspired rock can be” –Stereogum

“[Midnight Passenger’s] title track, a relentless mix of propeller-chop guitar, churning noise-rock squall, and monotone taunts.” – SPIN

“Singer Chris Shaw is a classic punk frontman, wild-eyed and always on the edge” –Brooklyn Vegan

“Memphis punk outfit Ex-Cult is twisting the genre into new shapes on their self-titled debut.” – MTV Hive

“Ex-Cult never mistaking being loud for being noisy. These songs are furious and probably deafening live.” –Pop Matters

“Over the course of the song’s six minutes, it goes from harsh hardcore and bleak noise into an extended bridge that’s packed with heavy, spaced-out guitars and eerie psychedelia—it sounds like one of the best bands out there is only getting better.” –Chicago Reader

a moody, noisey set of fuzzed-out, reverby, angular punk awesomeness” –CMJ

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