When I first saw Mock Heroic they were all over the shop. 5 songs in 10 minutes with barely a discernable difference or coherent structure. It was interesting but ultimately didn’t really register. Then I saw them again, a couple of months later. And my jaw dropped. Same band? Surely not! Gone was the mess of noise, and in its place a hideously tight machine fronted by a bare chested Adonis drummer, pouring forth his guts and heart whilst three unassuming boys managed to thrash their guitars into chaotic melodies and grooves. I was hooked. These dudes were on fire. The show in Leeds with La Quiete, Catena Collapse and Yelp of Sords was the icing on the cake. Mock Heroic had arrived. And then barely two months later, this 7″, resplendent in its mid 90’s emo envelope drops. And we’re not ready for it. Four songs are on here and the Heroic just blaze through them one by one by one by one. AND ITS OFF THE MOCKING HOOK! Unhinged drumming, screamed vocals, and guitars and bass that refuse to let up. Until when it actually does let up and they get their breathe back during your common or garden downbeat emo jazz noodle. Yet you just know they are going to roar back with more bellowing and broken guitar strings. You’d be pissed off if they didn’t. The first track does exactly this. REALLY FAST – JAZZ JIZZ – EVEN FASTER AND LESS COHESIVE. Class. Before speeding into the second song in the same fashion, barely keeping everything glued together by the sound of it. Flipping it over for a song I didn’t recognise initially, but it keeps the style of being spazz monsters then jazz monsters. I love the emo violence parts of this song, its completely ramshackle with dual vocals just punishing my face. SLAP! The guitars careen and bounce off each other dangerously. Final song has just the coolest intro, one guitar bubbles away then the funny sounding tinpot drums come in, and the great strained vocals, and its just spot on. This is the most melodic of the bands efforts and it is sublime, though they still remember to play the second half of the song much more erratically whilst falling over and screaming so as not to disappoint the moany skrams in the audience.
PLAY NUMB! Fucking killer 7″