Pulso Enfrentamiento Total
- Format
12 Inch
Black
£16.00
Emphatic melodic hardcore that sees the reinvention of long-established Barcelona favourites.
Pulso represent the rebirth of youth crew band Appraise – so what has changed? The band’s core sound remains indebted to their inspirations, but the intensity of delivery has been significantly amplified in almost every respect – the sound is fuller and richer, the vocals more stridently forceful, the switch to Spanish-language vocals more organic, and the songs themselves more fully realised.
Behind Pulso we find the latest formation of Appraise, a benchmark Barcelona hardcore band in terms of old school hardcore, made up of former members of such seminal formations as Cinder, Golem, Power, Constrict, Verdugo and Col·lapse.
From the DIY ethic and inspired by movements like the youth crew of the late 80’s, Appraise have made a name for themselves among the now considered classic hardcore fans spearheaded by classics like Youth of Today, Minor Threat, Bold and Chain of Strength. They remained faithful to a genre (or subgenre) since that first EP released in 2012. Several tours in Europe and South America and four releases later, the last being the 7-inch Leap of Faith from 2017, Appraise have decided to release a LP under the name Pulso.
And that is why they allow themselves to play a little more with other influences, get out of the guidelines and ultimately practice a somewhat more adventurous hardcore and lyrics in Spanish. Positive hardcore, the kind that encourages inner reflection while prompting you to change things, to do them differently and run away from the herd, is what we find in Enfrentamiento Total.
-Refuse Records