BAND OF THE DAY: PICK YOUR SIDE

If there's anything 'typically Canadian' about Ottawa grinders Fuck the Facts its their tempo-shifting weave of dense polyrhythms and and juddering stop-start dynamics – the sort of things that brings to mind the output of Galy Records, those proud sons of Cryptopsy, before they all signed to bigger labels and got fat and boring.

Guitarist since 2008, Johnny Ibay, has only a finite tolerance for jazz bass it seems, having formed (along with one of the atrociously named Haymaker) a more heads-down, feedback-driven doomy hardcore mob. Shades of Cursed, 'My War'-era Black Flag and being so angry your voice comes out in a spluttering shriek that people laugh at, Pick Your Side have a 7” EP coming soon on super respectable metallic hardcore label A389 Recordings and European grind powerhouse RSR Records, and one track is up for your consumption here.

There's not much information out there, but all signs point to good crusty mosh.