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Formed in mid 2006 from members of power violence group Hailstones Kill 200, the twisted heaviness of Sex At Gunpoint, the seductive Ibis Rookie and the rock carnival that was Ward 13 is KIDS WITH GUNS FOR HANDS.
With such an eclectic combination it's no surprise we hate each other and the only definition of our sound we can agree on is 'powerfully seductive twisted heavy rock carnival violence'.
I want to kill them all so badly.
...especially Nick.
Booking info- kidswithgunsforhands@gmail.com
Review from Decibel Magazine
KIDS WITH GUNS FOR HANDS - Your Daughters are Divine
"These dudes are from Australia, but they have that US spazzcore/mathcore thing down, my homies. All the way down to the wacky band name and EP title. Random for the sake of randomness. I like this alot. Great guitar tones. Not abstractly math-y or anything. The band can play their butts off. They Zig. They Zag. They lurk on myspace to see if anyone has heard of them yet. I have. I have!"
Review from Sonic Frontiers
http://sonicfrontiers.net/php/review-147.html
They have guns for hands and yet they play so well...
Groovy, bumpy, crunchy rock… This is what you'll hear right as you start with this 4 track EP, Your Daughters Are Divine. The first track, “Expression Of Indifference” will elicit anything but indifference from the listener. It has a punk attitude and style (the “singing” and repetitive guitar riffs) infused into this fast and energetic noisy rock/metal-ride. There is tremendous energy and power in the music here; it’s fast and agitated.
The second track, “Modicum Of Truth”, is mellower than its predecessor, leaning towards post-rock but faster. The guitar tone, the sound textures – everything is different than the previous (and following) track. This shows how not only diverse can these musicians can be but also how well they do it.
With the third track “Daughters Of The Divine Zeal” we go back to the punk attitude, the screams, the noisy, crunchy wacky rock that lets out all the brutality, the aggressiveness out and for me as a listener serves as a good means to clean my head when feeling frustrated or angry. They take some elements from extreme metal and “screamo” styles. This is an intense and very fast song, but not monotonous. They manage to come up with interesting ideas throughout the song, and not simply and boringly repeat one riff throughout it; keeping it interesting enough on one side and simple and catchy enough on the other.
The fourth track, "Roses Of Mohammed," shows yet another aspect. While having the powerful guitar riff as the spine of the track, the vocals and the guitar with a “post-rock" sound are in the forefront giving this a different mood. This might be how Kids With Guns For Hands can create their unique sound.
This last track leads me to think about this very question of finding your own music path and voice. A possible future route would be to combine those two different aspects of the band into one sound. That last track is pretty much on the way to do exactly that and I would be very interested in listening to their full length to hear if they manage to pull this off and if not, then on the following release. Right now the first and third tracks compared to the second one sound like those are two different bands – not a bad thing at all, but those two sounds they have, while entertaining and fun to listen to, would not make them stand out as much as finding their own unique style by going in that particular way. Though the third track is quite well done and shows that they might have the ability to make a usually monotone style into something more varied in sound.
To sum up, I like a lot of what I heard on Your Daughters Are Divine. Their agitated rock is compelling and enthusiastic, drawing me right away to its rawness and aggressiveness. This EP shows a band with much potential and with musical ideas that need more developing. It all sounds genuinely good, although too short, but I’ll treat this release more as an appetizer to their album. Your Daughters Are Divine is definitely a release I’ll come back to listen to.
Reviewer: Assaf Vestin
Added: December 15th 2007
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