The artfully merciless alt rock / punk throttle of "Hurts" by Brooklyn-based band Stripes, the project of Izzy MK, slashes away with strident stabs of sound, blistering shuffling drum beats, bottom heavy bass pummels and Izzy's potent magaphone-esque vocal screams making for an beautifully audacious emotional bloodletting. The sound, a kind of emotional riot with blaring Italian police sirens and stomping cadence is utterly their own so comparisons are hard but feeling a kind of amalgam of Chelsea Light Moving, Body / Head, Survival Knife, Tropical Fuck Storm (or thereabouts). I am also appreciating, very much, the stated seeds of inspiration here having once been in bands and remembering the pounding of heads against the wall (figuratively speaking):
“It’s a song about making music,” says Izzy. “Music has always been an uphill battle for me, nearing a decade into this industry, I can say for certain it only ‘hurts like it’s supposed to’.”
LINER NOTES (excerpted / bracketed):
[Brooklyn-based band Stripes embodies bleeding raw indie-rock. Melodic almost angular harmonies are matched with an equally explosive live performance.
Stripes has a distinctive style and sound all their own, featuring tight, chugging verses that propel you to triumphant peaks of ear-worm choruses. Led by vocalist and songwriter Izzy MK, whose vocals balance power and vulnerability, their music is as emotionally charged as it is sonically intense.]
Intense and I love that.
LYRICS
"I say 'I'm sorry' when I did nothing wrong
I put my hair and my makeup onI'm always right and I'm always wrong
I- I- I- I- I...
Push me closer
Give it all up to me mine
Hurts like it's supposed to
Hurts like it's supposed to
Give it all up to be mine
Hurt's like it's supposed to
'cause it's supposed to hurt
Hurts like it's supposed to
Give it all up to be mine
Hurt's like it's supposed to"
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPwFbVQ2TgkHOdJMGo9-pew
https://www.instagram.com/stripes520/
https://stripes520.com/
https://stripes520.bandcamp.com/album/running-hiding
Brooklyn-based band Stripes embodies bleeding raw indie-rock. Melodic almost angular harmonies are matched with an equally explosive live performance.
Stripes has a distinctive style and sound all their own, featuring tight, chugging verses that propel you to triumphant peaks of ear-worm choruses. Led by vocalist and songwriter Izzy MK, whose vocals balance power and vulnerability, their music is as emotionally charged as it is sonically intense.
Stripes, Brooklyn based quartet, alt rock, indie rock, punk, post punk, "Hurts" (Official Video), strident, artfully raw sounds, emotional bloodletting, project of Izzy MK, potent, heavy sound, alt rock pummel,
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