07: The Reptilian - Full Health It seems that when it comes to the DIY-punk bloguniverse everyone talks about Native, Native, and Native.. But The Reptilian are light years beyond what Native is doing (not that I don't like Native.. But come on, every vocal melody on Wrestling Moves is the exact same). From 0:01 the short but pulverizing journey of Full Health gets right into it, some serious tapping and a light-on-your toes dance beat kick in, and you're thinking "fuck this is pretty catchy," and then all of the sudden it gets real serious as some gruff shouting and all around bad assery start taking place. With only three members, The Reptilian is one of those bands that doesn't get nearly enough credit for what they do. They manage to pull of incredible cohesion with their starts and stops, and highly technical and intricate riffs that somehow are extremely accessible and catchy. No one can argue that these dudes don't know how to play their instruments. The thing that first drew me to the band was how much their music sounds like their name; its crazy but i can hear the sound of a Reptile slivering and squirming through their sound. The style they work with can so easily become convoluted, and yet The Reptilian manage to back everything they do with passion and a great deal of emotion. Full Health is such a short record, in it's limited play time comes so much genre bending, show stopping, emotional madness. I wholeheartedly think that anyone who is a fan of indie rock, math rock, hardcore, emo, or punk should have The Reptilian as one of their top groups.
-YtWt
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