LimeWire Music Blog

Recently reunited and always under the radar, midwest hardcore heroes Coalesce returned to form this summer with the release of Ox. It was the first album in ten years for the Kansas City act, but picked up naturally where their late ’90s masterpiece 0:12 A Revolution in Just Listening left off.  A seamless thesis on the state of underground brutality, Ox added a dose of Americana to Coalesce’s already deconstructed belligerent hardcore, heady metal and unrepentant math.  Bands traditionally drop attached EP’s before the release of an album, but as we learned when they released a full EP of Zeppelin covers in ‘99, these guys never do what you expect.  OXEP is an additional seven tracks of precise atmospherics, rhythmic experiments and stop-in-your-tracks badass.  Don’t take my word for it.  The band has all 21 tracks of the combined Ox releases up streaming right now (and a free MP3), so you can check it out yourself.  And while you do, be sure to scan Pitchfork’s interview with the band from June – it’s as epic as the band’s ridiculous career.