O Pioneers!!! just keep soldiering on with new release after new release. Here the Houston band teams up with fellow Texans, The Anchor for a nice little slab of split vinyl. I am going to start on the B side just cause I can. The Anchor hail from Austin, TX and play gruff but melodic punk rock. There is a definite Hot Water Music slant to the band’s music. The Anchor’s two songs, “This is For My Friends” and “Truant Tensions”, show a great deal of promise. While certainly not the most memorable or original, I am interested to hear the band’s next steps.
Now to the winning A Side. Fast out of the gates is the one O Pioneers!!! track, “Summers In Necro Norway With Ryan”. O Pioneers!!! are never short on passion and this song is certainly no different. It is flat out raging and the lyrics are as biting as ever. The song is about who we are and how we spend our lives talking and idolizing others instead of taking the necessary steps in our own lives. Yet another winner of a song from a band that just keeps getting better and better. All in all, a solid split worthy of your time.
Genre: Punk Rock
RIYL: Hot Water Music, Against Me!, Latterman
Label: Triumph Of Life
