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Lifetime Shitlist Premiere Title-Track of New Album Bad Blood out Aug. 16

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Fucked times call for hard riffs. Baltimorean heavy punks Lifetime Shitlist will release their new album, Bad Blood, through Grimoire Records on Aug. 16. Like all of the label’s output, the quick, punch-you-in-the-gut-and-get-out 29-minute long-player was recorded by Noel Mueller. Preorders are up, if that’s your thing. The record is brief and blown out, like a strong current of hardcore punk and noise grown up and developed an affinity for thicker riffing, as songs like the opening title-track and the also-crash-happy “Double Blind” demonstrate, and there’s a balance between those sides as well as one between some of the instrumental subtlety at play and titles like “Proud Boys” and “Everyone Thinks They Will Survive the Apocalypse.” If you’re curious about the political alignment there — the chorus isn’t exactly “fuck proud boys,” and it probably should be, but the song hardly seems on board; I haven’t seen a lyric sheet — and the rest of Bad Blood doesn’t seem quite so direct, though if we’re talking about their basic stylistic approach, then we’re kind of talking about being punched in a face, and yes, that would be a fairly direct experience.

“Bad Blood” itself has a hook and slamdances into vibes out of ye olde crossover metal while the subsequent “Uncanny Valley” is pure bruiser all the way and “Not Yet” after “Double Blind” lifetime shitlist bad bloodfeels even more like fodder for getting stomped on at the show, despite a quickie guitar solo tossed in for good measure. As I know dick-all about hardcore, I approach the more heavy rocking 6:06 closer “The Ballad” with particular interest as it seems to adjust the balance more toward the heavy riffing style that’s underpinning some of the tracks elsewhere while still retaining the central force of the preceding cuts, like the transitional “Bonfire of the Vanities” right before it. It’s about two minutes longer than anything else on the record — the next closest is “Bad Blood” at 4:11 — and they use the extra time to flesh out the guitar and some more patience in the delivery more generally, taking off on an instrumental push in the last movement and fading out just before the six-minute mark. I dig that as a matter of principle, but their mission on the seven tracks before it is at least mostly something else. Still, it’s not such a radical departure as to be out of place so much as to add depth to what Lifetime Shitlist are doing elsewhere. In other words, they pull it off.

Again, the album is out Aug. 16. It’s Lifetime Shitlist‘s second for Grimoire after a 2014 self-titled, and though I’m a little confused as to why on earth anyone would give a crap what I think about it either way, you’ll find the streaming track on the player below.

I hope you enjoy:

LIFETIME SHITLIST’s rallying cry from the start has been ‘keep it simple and keep it dirty.’ Formed in beautiful, aromatic, downtown Baltimore in 2012, steeped in tradition with an alchemic meld of hardcore and doom metal infused by guitarist Matt Crocco (Iron Boss, Rancid Decay), vocalist and bassist Ned Westrick (Indictments, Ironchrist), guitarist Corey Fleming, and drummer Ryan Larkin.

Arriving on August 16th from Grimoire Records, ‘BAD BLOOD’ is the second album from LIFETIME SHITLIST. Set for release nearly two years to the day since their well-received 2017 full-length debut ‘Slow March’, the forthcoming ‘BAD BLOOD’ is eight songs of wonderfully brutal, unyielding reality from an intensely broad-minded band. More heaviness, more speed, more filth.

Guitarist Matt Crocco chimes in on the new album:

“We worked hard on these songs and, against all odds, I think we’ve put out a killer record. Ned brought his bass back into active status for this one and, like the amazing bastard he is, now handles dual-duty on vocals. We just want to get the music out there and into everyone’s ears.”

‘Bad Blood’ Tracklist:
01. Bad Blood
02. Uncanny Valley
03. Double Blind
04. Not Yet
05. Proud Boys
06. Everyone Thinks They Will Survive The Apocalypse
07. Bonfire of The Vanities
08. The Ballad

‘Bad Blood’ was recorded in the Spring of 2019, by Noel Mueller. The album was mixed and mastered by Noel Mueller. Cover photo by O.G. Mason, with layout by Mueller.

Bad Blood will be released via limited edition CD and digital download on August 16th through Grimoire Records. Pre-ordering is available as of June 26th.

‘Bad Blood’ will be available August 16th from Grimoire Records: https://grimoirerecords.bandcamp.com/album/bad-blood

Limited edition CD and Digital Pre-orders are open now.

Lifetime Shitlist:
Matt Crocco – guitar
Ryan Larkin – drums
Corey Fleming – guitar
Ned Westrick- vocals, bass

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4 Responses to “Lifetime Shitlist Premiere Title-Track of New Album Bad Blood out Aug. 16”

  1. Nee Westrick says:

    As the guy who wrote the lyrics and sang “Proud Boys” I can attest that it in no way endorses the “Proud Boy” movement. Quite the opposite actually.
    Make no mistake, there is no sympathy for nazis, racists or intolerant ideologies in Lifetime Shitlist. None.

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