Up & Coming (9/05)
(The Stranger)
" Much like the Ruby Doe, local boys Bullet Club keep the Fugazi fires burning. With tense, terse lyrics and thick, angular math rock blazing in their engines, the band carve out a good little notch for themselves in the Seattle post-hardcore scene."
- Jennifer Maerz:
Music Editor, The Stranger
Strength in Numbers: Highlights from a Post-Grunge Seattle (3/06)
(nadamucho.com)
"Bullet Club wraps up this album with its spastic, algebraic anthems and theyre definitely the heaviest band on the comp. Every instrument is more angular than an octagon and the music is busier than a cracked-up octopus.
The vocals tend to sound as aggressive as Guy Picciotto of Fugazi but more schizophrenic, like Les Savy Favs Tim Harrington. On Fist in My Mouth and Automatic King, you can almost hear the band ping-ponging between pogoing and rolling in broken glass. Very exciting indeed!"
-Paul Groth
"Bullet Club- Good lord. I do not like Sleater Kinney and the Bullet Club's singer seems to be Corin Tucker's long lost brother. At least Sleater Kinney is talented.
Music made up of lots of noise and cacophony from bands such as Einstrurzende Neubauten and early Sonic Youth work because the musicians are skilled and talented and know what they're doing. Just like the Marx brothers would not be funny if they really were falling all over themselves. I would actually get up and leave an establishment if this band was playing. I hope I never have to listen to them again."
-Julia Eaton.
Up & Coming (5/06)
(The Stranger)
"Judging by only their name, I wrongly wrote off Bullet Club as being a wanna-be Epitaph-circa-1994 punk act. A moment of curiosity, though, made me see the light, and actually listen to what they sound like, which is far from the insulting genre into which I immediately lumped them. They're really heavy and play up the dirty and low side of their garage influences, but the guitars are more innovative than just a few overdistorted chords, often running circles around the bass and giving nods to a more math-inspired sound reminiscent of acts like another underrated local group, the Ruby Doe, or even Fugazi. It's my favorite kind of punk rock: dirty and loud, but a lot less boring than that repetitive shit I listened to when I was 15."
- Megan Seling, The Stranger
3+2=Bullet Club (7/06)
(Disheveled Magazine)
"Bullet Club is a band that leaves an impact in whatever they do just by being themselves."
-Kimpunkrock, Disheveled Magazine
Rocka Rolla (9/06)
(The Stranger)
" Another local band that has been not-so-quietly building a following is Bullet Club, the Dischord-informed quartet that blew the doors off the High Dive at Vindaloo's record-release party on August 24. Vocalist/guitarist Matt Krus gets more than his share of comparisons to Fugazi's Guy Picciotto, but his aggressively angular guitar playing and glass-gargling vocals mesh potently with his bandmates' equally relentless delivery and give them a sense of fresh, original tension all their own. They currently have one EP under their belts; a second EP is scheduled for release later this year, and judging from the single track I've heard, they're just getting stronger."
-Hannah Levin, The Stranger
Northwest D.I.Y. (12/06)
(myspace.com/northwestdiy)
"Yes, I am friends with the guys in the band, but seriously, even if I hated all their guts, It wouldn't change my view of their music. I often read in reviews that they remind people of Fugazi or any other number of "post punk" bands. However I feel that Bullet Club brings something very original to the table. Their sound can be described as somewhat angular and complex. but it can also be described as "heavy" and "rebellious". They bring a sonic myriad of colors that weaves a spectrum of pure obliteration through beauty . Not to mention they put on an amazing live show."
-Johnny Heartbreaker, Northwest D.I.Y.
Alive & Kicking: The Bullet Club (4/07)
(nadamucho.com)
"My neck hurts.
It’s a common complaint after a Bullet Club show, thanks to the Seattle-based band’s high intensity rawk music delivered with industrious musical timing. This is tough, dirty stuff from a band who sounds like they could drag you into an alley, pound you into submission then take your money and buy cheap whiskey shots and bareback Camels.
Listening to the band’s excellent Red State EP from 2005, I found myself wonderfully impressed at the capture of their awesome live power. From the spit of the lyrics to the barrage of drums to the detail spent on getting each of the guitars to sound unique (both live and recorded), instead of just becoming a fuzzy mess, is a true testament to their painstaking approach the band takes with their music."
-Red Lehman, nadamucho.com
Bullet Club, formed in January 2003 in Seattle by Smash Velvet members Matt Krus, Matt Wilms, and Christyke Arger; as well as local drunk Ross Richardson.
In 2004 we released a self-titled EP, and in 2005 we released the Red State! EP, which can be found in Seattle record stores.
We dig artists that cut their own path, and the bookers, venues, artist support, and record labels that believe in them.
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