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'' . ::: ::: :. .: ::: :::.::::.. . . ..::::.::: :::.::: :::.::: ::: ::: ARTiST ...: Connoisseur ::: ::: :: ::: TiTLE ....: Stoner Justice ::: :: : ::: ............................................................. ::: : ' ::: ::: ` ::: LABEL ....: Tankcrimes ::: ::: GENRE ....: Hardcore ::: ::: RDATE ....: 2015-06-09 ::: ::: ::: ::: ............................................................. ::: ::: ::: ::: QUALiTY ..: 267kbps/44.1kHz ::: ::: MODE .....: Joint-Stereo ::: . ::: ::: . . ::: ............................................................. ::: . ` ::: ::: ' `.::: SiZE .....: 116.41 MB :::.' `:: PLAYTiME .: 60:47 min ::' `. .' URL ......: https://www.discogs.com/release/8316207 . . . :. .: . :::. ' . . ` .::: : ::: ' ':.. ..:` ` ::: : : ::: ' ::::. .:::: ` ::: : :: ::: : ::::: ::::: : ::: :: ::. ::: ::::' `:::: ::: .:: :::.::: ' .:'' ``:. ` :::.::: :::.:::.' - - `.:::.::: ::: ::' . ' ` . `:: ::: ::: ' .:: ::. ` ::: ::: `:::... ...:::' ::: :::... . .....:.:::::..... .. . . .. .....:::::.:..... . ...::: ..... ......... ............ ... . . ... ........... .......... ..... ::: .::' `::. .::' `::. ::: ::: (::: ':. `::. -+-[ TRACKS & NOTES! ]-+- .::' .:` :::) ::: ::: ``::.. ' ::: ::: ` ..::'' ::: ::: : :: :: : ::: ::: . .' `. . ::: :::.:. . . .:.::: :::.:::.. . - - . ..:::.::: ::: ::: ::: ::: :: ::: ::: :: : ::: ::: : ::: 01. Circle Of Heads 03:18 ::: ::: 02. Pot Hole 00:55 ::: ::: 03. The Camper 00:25 ::: ::: 04. No Dice 00:25 ::: ::: 05. Full Blown Marijuana Addict 03:44 ::: ::: 06. I Am The Weed 01:40 ::: ::: 07. (Destroy The) Smoke Machines 04:40 ::: ::: 08. Sweet Buddies 01:13 ::: ::: 09. Brick Weed 00:23 ::: ::: 10. Machinegun Grenade 00:20 ::: ::: 11. Orc Summer 02:02 ::: ::: 12. New Amsterdam 03:29 ::: ::: 13. Smells Like Teen Dispirit 01:19 ::: ::: 14. Ashes 07:17 ::: ::: 15. Heart Attack (Live) 01:50 ::: ::: 16. The Camper (Live) 00:40 ::: ::: 17. No Dice (Live) 00:30 ::: ::: 18. Brick Weed (Live) 01:04 ::: ::: 19. My Blue Dream (Live) 01:40 ::: ::: 20. New Amsterdam (Live) 04:48 ::: ::: 21. Pot Hole (Live) 01:01 ::: ::: 22. Bongwrecker (Live) 01:28 ::: ::: 23. Weedslut (Live) 02:37 ::: ::: 24. Free The Weed (Live) 00:16 ::: ::: 25. Your Ass Is Grass (Live) 01:02 ::: ::: 26. Your Grass Is Ass (Live) 03:15 ::: ::: 27. The Greens (Live) 03:37 ::: ::: 28. I Am The Weed (Live) 02:11 ::: ::: 29. Full Blown Marijuana Addict (Live) 03:38 ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ............................................................. ::: ::: ::: ::: Last year a six track cassette EP from Connoisseur, Stoner ::: ::: Justice, blew my mind. Well, now it is time to move from the ::: ::: bowl to the gravity bong. Stoner Justice is now a fourteen ::: ::: track, proper full length. Still on Tankcrimes, Connoiseur ::: ::: have unleashed their plant fueled mayhem. Oakland is the ::: ::: birthplace of this dirty, crusty, heavy sludge-infused ::: ::: hardcore. Connoisseur create an alchemy of d-beat and metal ::: ::: and power-violence. You can hear all of these factors collide ::: ::: together and decimate eardrums. ::: ::: ::: ::: Connoisseur employs a large d-beat rumbling of cavalry on one ::: ::: song; then, moves to breakdowns and harsh, tidal doom on the ::: ::: next. Fittingly, for slow romper, ôFull On Marijuana Addictö, ::: ::: molasses soaked riffs plod along a grueling scream for four ::: ::: minutes. However, the band has two twenty second tracks back ::: ::: to back. The time changes in each song follow the blueprint of::: ::: hardcore, harnessing the energy of bands like Infest or Coke ::: ::: Bust. BUt then the Grief nod shines on ô(Destroy the) Smoke ::: ::: Machinesö. This also serves as a nod to Earth Crisis, a band ::: ::: that despite some glaring differences, Connoiseur count as an ::: ::: obvious influence. It works too, as it is a cry to abandon the::: ::: marijuana industry becoming a privitized and/or federal ::: ::: commodity. Hey Rambo said it best û ôPeace to straight edge ::: ::: and the home brewers. DIYö. And if Earth Crisis can hang with ::: ::: Madball, we should realize that we ainÆt so different. ::: ::: ::: ::: I wanted to do this review for the full length, as last year I::: ::: did the interview for the Stoner Justice EP. The truth is that::: ::: these dudes embody all the aspects I love about underground ::: ::: music. This is perfection. The music is heavy, ugly, ::: ::: abhorrent, disdainful sludge. They boast huge riffs and the ::: ::: production is accurate; never polished or smooth or crisp. ::: ::: They melt doom riffs into hardcore breakdowns and before they ::: ::: get too slow, they spazz into fast bursts of grind/d- ::: ::: beat/powerviolence. No genre moniker fits Connoisseurerfectly ::: ::: and that works well. This shit is nasty. So pack a bowl û or ::: ::: donÆt. I like it at home ith some haze just as much as at work::: ::: sober as a judge. (Hutch) ::: ::: ::: ::: RIYL: Noothgrush, Acid Bath, Eyehategod, Ringworm, Brainoil, ::: ::: Sick/Tired, Homewrecker, Strong Intention, Phobia, All Out ::: ::: War; Bongripper ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: . .. . . .. . ::: ::: ::. .:: ::: ::: .::' : . . : `::. ::: :::..:::' . . `:::..::: :'' ``. . : . . . . . . . . : . .'' ``: .' .... . : . | | . : . .... `. . .:'' ``::. :: : | --+-[ 2 0 2 1 ]-+-- | : :: .::'' ``:. . .' `::.::: | | . . . . . . . . | | :::.::' `. . `:.::: | | | | :::.:' . : ::: | | ----+-[ iTS ]-+---- | | ::: : . - . ::: | | . . . . . . . . | | ::: . - . .:: ::: | | | | ::: ::. ::: . ::: | | ...iNtERRUptiNG | | ::: . ::: ::: : ::: | | thE..SilENCE... | | ::: : ::: ::: :: ::: | | - --- - | | ::: :: ::: ::: ::: . ::: | |__ _ . .aSc. . _ __| | ::: . ::: ::: ::::::: . ::: | .: +fUM+ :. | ::: . ::::::: ::: ::: ' ::: | .::: `cRO' :::. | ::: ` ::: ::: :: :::. 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