Less Than1,000 Followers Reviews DCxPC Live Vol. 26 Except You/Trashworld

DCxPC LIVE Takes No Prisoners with Volume 26: Except You & Trashworld

The latest installment of the DCxPC Live vinyl series has me fired up today! I’m still reeling from being shook to the core by the arse kicking delivered via Rebelmatic Live at Fuzz Fest just a couple weeks ago. It’s comprised of two ultra-kick-ass Thrash-Punk bands from Florida: Except You and Trashworld. The tag line for the L.P. reads: “Two of the best thrash punk bands you’ll ever hear,” and absolutely zero lies detected on that front. Stunned from listening to the album front-to-back a couple times now, I’m almost lost for words except for asking, “where has this been my whole life?”

I’m not entirely sure what people mean exactly when they describe a performance or album as “ambitious,” but for some reason that turn of phrase tends to sink in for me as I listen to the record. It’s “ambitious” in my own (probably weird) interpretation of the sentiment in the way that it moves, and continues to move without letting up. Like an infinite inertia, indifferent to whether or not you asked for it, here it comes and will continue to do so.

In the words of the third track on the record, Thrash Can,” it’s “joyful anarchy.” Except You, opens up their set and the album with the track “Curses” and really sets the “tone” if you will, for the rest of the album to come.

Once those drums kick in, it is a stomping march of heavy riffing, pulsating bass and some of the most expressive vocals I have heard throughout the entire set. “Proper Suburbanite” is my favorite of Except You’s set. An interesting blend of an old-school, snarky, vocal lines that erupt into fits of rage. They close out their set with “NPFO” – a DK cover, yes that one, if you know you know- and it is quite a kick ass rendition of it.

Trashworld begins their set with a droning, dissonant guitar swell. A reverb soaked guitar feedback rings throughout the crowd before lead singer Kay warmingly conveys, “welcome to trash world,” right before all hell breaks loose. I absolutely love this vocalist’s screaming in this band. And the music is heeeaavy. It’s hardcore punk for certain holistically, although there are moments in the various songs where the chugging guitars remind me of what some refer to as “tough guy hardcore,” like wait are we going Hatebreed now? It’s glorious.

“Dying Breed” follows up the “welcoming” song long enough just to assault your aurals before the band launches into my favorite track of the set, “Fuck The Proud Boys.” An interesting fact I found about the project is that it was only Trashworld’s second live performance at the time. Which makes this a cool time capsule to collect and is also pretty mind-blowing in how good it was. I very much look forward to hearing more from Trashworld.

“When Scott asked us to play this show, we were super excited because this was only our second time ever playing in front of an audience. We still had a lot of kinks to work out in our set but both the booker and venue were perfect. We love DCxPC and what they do for the scene. Likewise, Uncle Lou’s is the beating heart of Orlando’s punk scene, giving any artist a chance to play. As usual it was a great night.”

Trashworld on the DCxPC release

As with the last DCxPC album, it won’t be on Spotify. It can be streamed on each of the band’s Bandcamp page, however. I can’t say for sure if it’s there’s a concious ethos behind deciding to not go to Spotify, but in my mind there’s, oh you know, only a million and one reasons not to (and let’s be clear, that’s my own “hot-take” opinion of the world). In my own personal space, I too am making artistic decisions to not do so, but either way, underlying ethos or not, I’m here for it. Buy this record and support these artists on Bandcamp!