The tail end of 2011, a
year that saw Adele dominate the charts, Calvin Harris managed to get Rihanna
naked in a field, and UK punk and hardcore broke out from the underground scene.
With this breakthrough a lot of hardcore bands started popping up, whether they had been playing for
years and getting their chance or simply influenced by the movement that was
gaining pace, and in December 2011 one band to pop up were Start Today.
Taking influences from
the likes of Dead Swans and Your Demise, Start Today began as 4 friends playing
in a band because they "thought it [would] be fun." It didn't take
them long to find a vocalist in the form of Adam Robertson and begin recording
with Grader guitarist Louis Craighead. With added help in the form of vocals
from Grader's John Phillip and Liam Manson and Hounds' Dan Vegas, Start Today's
debut EP - Gaining Ground - was definitely going to get noticed in the Aberdeen
hardcore scene.
And it did, as with only
one support slot under their belts, they have a firm following and are still
supported heavily by Grader. With a few things brewing in the Start Today HQ,
including August shows and another record currently being written, the rest of
2012 will have a lot more to celebrate than their one year anniversary.
Hardcore punk is a genre
in which things can become generic really fast, but Start Today keep things
fresh whilst managing to still be firmly rooted in the hardcore scene. That
said, the quintet's guitarist Ross told me that they "just write what we
think sounds good and is fun to play." And in my opinion, not only do
Start Today have firm support and a strong debut, but they have a refreshing
attitude that will keep them from becoming confined to the rules of the genre.
Gaining Ground is
available now through bandcamp and Start Today can be seen playing the Wake The
Deen festival in August.
JL
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