Easter Bloodhounds

"Easter Bloodhounds deliver such a blistering, disorienting aural assault that you'd think they were three guitars deep. But the entire line-up consists of two pissed-off dudes named Jon: drummer Jon Somers and guitarist Jon Christopher. The latter also provides the Misfits-influenced vocals, like this purdy lyric from "Hell": "The devil's in my brain. Got maggots in my heart/ . . . Hell, hell, hell!"If you like your hardcore with a dash of evil, you'll want to experience their live show"

Editor's Picks - The Boston Phoenix

"Boston-based two-piece Easter Bloodhounds turn the concept of "power in numbers" on its head. Singer/guitarist Jon Christopher and drummer Jon Somers make as much noise as bands twice their size. Christopher's reverb- and distortion-drenched riffing helps fill the inevitable sonic holes that have limited other two-piece acts in the past. The fact that Somers is a more-than-competent drummer ('sup, Meg White?) doesn't hurt either. Musically, then duo employs the same classic soft/loud dynamic than made the Pixies legends and Nirvana millionaires, albeit in a much darker, heavier fashion that either of those bands. "

Mike R. Meyer - stonerrock.com



"Easter Bloodhounds meld fragmentary blurry and fuzzy with rickety grooves and classic loud-quiet-loud dynamics. It’s a magnificently floppy technique that could pass for a sonic love letter from some gnarly suburban dudes to early-’90s alterna-garage, or the type of ungovernable noise rock you’d expect out of an Allston basement. There’s no bass, no keyboards, no MIDI marimba, simply Christopher on vox and guitar and drummer Jon Somers."

Barry Thompson - The Boston Phoenix



"I don’t know if this will be a stunning revelation or not, but I find most modern metal completely boring. Snoozeville. Greasy kid’s stuff. Not this, though. Easter Bloodhounds is a Boston band, steeped in furious riffage and battering drum beats, influenced, I’m guessing, by the Isis tower-of-power. Possibly some Satan-worshipping doom-ass bands, as well. The end result is a real feast of snakes. Imagine the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion as bikers gripped in an episode of psychotic depression. Immense. “Throw It All Away” is a sure-fire wrist-slashing classic. Forget “Suicide Solution”, end it all with this one, its way cooler. If these fuckers have something to do with the future of metal, maybe metal isn’t doomed to terminal lameness after all. Stay tuned."

Sleazergrinder - Sleazergrinder.com



"All the old bands suck. That band you formed four years ago? They suck. That band your friends formed in February? They suck. All the old bands suck. They're all so fucking boring. OTD is bored out of OTD's skull. It's time for some new bands. It's time for some new voices. Wipe everyone out. Start over. These guys are really fucking good. That is all. Oh, wait: "it's all about the thrust of the fuck." Very true.

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