As Impose mag editor Meredith Schneider warns, the song “will chill you to your bones” and ranks as a contender for “the most mosh-worthy composition you may have ever laid ears on.” Bold yet accurate, Schneider’s words only begin to paint the picture of KNIFE HITS‘ white-knuckle-intense brand of screamo-grind, rooted in the fiery, bleeding-heart sounds of early CONVERGE, ORCHID, and PG.99.ย Debut albumย Erisย was recorded and mixed byย Jonathan Nunezย ofย Torche,ย andย mastered byย Nick Zampiello (MODERN LIFE IS WAR, UNSANE),ย and will see its release onย September 16thย via three labels:ย Dead Tank Recordsย (digital, vinyl), Hydrogen Man Recordsย (vinyl) andย Give Praise Records (vinyl).
Formed in Orlando, Florida in 2011, and relocated to Philly and Chicago, KNIFE HITS onsists of members of grind-punkers BACKSLIDER,ย and ex-members of KHANN, REPUBLICORPSE, and more.
Photo by Maxwell Hartley
Tour Dates:
Sep 6 – Richmond, VA @ Strange Matterย w/ Full of Hell, The Body
Sep 7 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Churchย w/ Full of Hell, The Body
Sep 8 – Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus
Sep 10 – Baltimore, MD @ Skramden Yards
Press:
“Five-piece hardcore/punk/screamo band Knife Hits… will chill you to your bones. The most mosh-worthy composition you may have ever laid ears on.”
โImpose“Knife Hits just might be our new favorite band… Intense and blistering, this stuff hits you hard, crushes your heart, and is done in fifty-two seconds… It’s all killer; it’ll set your ears on fire.”
โNerdist
“Stop-start dashes of Orchid worship, building on that screamo framework to find its own approach to controlled chaos… Akin to the likes of Loma Prieta, another group that’s mined ’90s screamo and found harmony within that chaos.”
โThe AV Club“The brutal/intense side of screamo, veering into grind, along the lines of Orchid, Pg. 99, early Converge and Discordance Axis.”
โDecibel
