Mindset hail from Melbourne, Australia and with Reset, Revive drop 5 melodic hardcore tracks that sound like Set Your Goals, A Day To Remember, Four Year Strong, Rex Banner and a bit like Alexisonfire. It’s as fast, melodic and punky as you’d expect. There are obligatory breakdowns, posi lyrics and a fair few metal riffs that keep it sounding relatively fresh (as fresh as possible in an oversaturated scene in any case).
But – there IS a deal breaker. The dude projectile vomiting into the microphone. I genuinely do not understand why people/bands do it – this is an otherwise competent and interesting EP with enough of it’s own merits to stand apart from it’s peers, but someone ruins it by throat gargling down the microphone. It renders the entire thing virtually unlistenable for more than one playthrough.
We’re not talking about screams, shouts or ‘hardcore vocals’ we’re talking about the worst sound any human being has ever made committed to record, which unfortunately for Mindset loses them two stars.
Kieran