Mini-Reviews From Around the Bowl (10/29/20)

Six reviews for the price of one! Convulsif – Extinct Hummus Records | October 23, 2020 This is Convulsif’s fifth album, and while I don’t know if previous efforts warranted the grindcore comparisons made in the press text, this one certainly doesn’t. The band consists of bass guitar, drums, a bass clarinet, and a violin, and approached this record with an improvisational style that they developed while touring Cuba, which I didn’t even know was a thing you could do. If all this reeks of jazz bullshit to you, you’re not entirely wrong, although the music leans more on noise rock … Continue reading Mini-Reviews From Around the Bowl (10/29/20)