KREMLIN (TORONTO, ON, CAN) IS ONE OF THOSE RARE BANDS THAT TAKES EVERYTHING I FIND GREAT IN HARDCORE PUNK AND FUNNELS IT INTO A SUPREME SYNTHESIS- POWER TRIO, NODS TO D-BEAT, TAPED TO 4-TRACK, BAND ARTWORK DONE BY A 2 OR 3-YEAR-OLD, THE RIFFS!THE RIFFS!THE RIFFS! A NATURAL CHEMISTRY BETWEEN THE BROTHERS BURGESS ON STRINGS AND THE RELENTLESS FURY OF IVAN ROBERTS-DAVIES'S DRUMMING CONSPIRE TO GENERATE A SONIC ONSLAUGHT THAT BALANCES THE RAUCOUS WITH THE PRECISE, GERMINATING SOMETHING ULTIMATELY APPROACHABLE WITHOUT COMPROMISING INTENSITY. EXPLORE THE KREMLIN DISCOGRAPHY BELOW (CLICK THE PICS):
KREMLIN'S SECRET SIBLING, BASSIST HARRY'S SIDE PROJECT HARHAA WAS A DELIGHTFUL RECENT DISCOVERY FOR ME. A COUPLE HOME-TAPED CASSETTES FROM 2012ISH IS ALL WE CAN REASONABLY EVER EXPECT TO SEE FROM THIS PROJECT. LISTEN TO DEMO 2 HERE. I'M CURRENTLY ON THE HUNT FOR THE OTHER TAPE, ENTITLED FUTURE DISORDER.
DRUMMER IVAN HAS BEEN MANY PUNK GROUPS CENTRAL TO THE TORONTO SCENE OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES, AMONG THEM: TERMINAL STATE, SCHOOL JERKS, S.H.I.T., AND FARANG.
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