Structures

If there‘s one thing I love more about hardcore than the actual music, it‘s the friends I‘ve made along the way. And I’m always down to support my friends in their creative endeavours. It helps obviously if I like their creative output as well. I’ve said before that if someone showed me a description of Cranial as a band, I’d probably not be into them. “Doom”, “post-metal” and “four songs in 40 minutes” are usually not buzz words and phrases that trigger my interest. But since I’m very good friends with two of the band members, I went to a bunch of their shows over the years and was never disappointed. So when they told me they were planning a release show for their latest release, I was down for it, of course. My wife and I made a day trip out of it and after dinner at one of our favorite restaurants in the city Cranial has its home base in, we got to see them perform their new songs off of Strucutes, which turned out to be really, really good.

Unfortunately, the records weren’t ready for the actual record release, but hey, that’s how it goes sometimes. Then again, one of my friends hand-delivered the record to me when we hung out, so I’m definitely not complaining. Love your friends. 

1st Press on Coke Bottle Clear on Moment of Collapse /300