The first album up is "Kill Them With Kindness" by Cop Hugger from Athens, Ohio. This is a band with Max Wheeler from Gnarly As I Wanna Be on vocals. Kinda dance-y, kinda angry, this is up for sale on both tape and cd on the GAIWB site. They played Berea Fest this year and are booking a ton of shows in the near future in Athens and Columbus sans bassist because he moved home for the summer.
Download: http://www.zshare.net/download/7866386667dd34ea/
Order: http://gnarlyasiwannabe.com/artwork/1418910_Cop_Hugger.html
Hot Cross was from Philly and broke up in 2007, but they're still one of my favorite bands. This is their first full-length and probably the best stuff they put out. Cryonics is melodic, scream-y, technical, and sorta cheesy at some points. Hot Cross definitely lives up to having members from Saetia and Off Minor, but still refrains from being just another screamo band.
Download: http://www.zshare.net/download/786640791d5ee984/
- Rugrat
