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War Effort

by War Effort

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"Demo cassette from this Chicago band featuring a bunch of familiar names from that city’s fertile DIY hardcore scene. According to the band, War Effort started as an experiment in writing and recording a hardcore EP in one day. I’m not sure if this cassette is that session, a refined version of it, or something else, but regardless it’s excellent. As you might expect, it has a loose and off-the-cuff feel, the riffing straightforward but not boring and the playing intricate and locked in for something that was conceived so quickly. Plenty of great music comes from refining ideas, but sometimes you get the best results by just finding the right headspace and letting rip, which is what sounds like happened here. Fans of Discharge’s Swedish heirs will love everything about this, as will those of you who have worn out your Bloodkrow Butcher recordings. Ripping shit."

Sorry State Records newsletter 9/15/2022

"Rumor has it that WAR EFFORT started as an experiment: get into the studio and try to record an EP in a single day. Maybe we’re hearing the end result, maybe not, but I sure do love the myth-making intention. And what do we have here? Blistering and pure D-beat from a band that offers a brutal execution; an in-your-face sound that lives up to the phrase “first idea is the best idea.” This sounds fresh, free, and unabashed."

Miguel Franco • Maximum Rocknroll #474 • November 2022

"Swedish raw-as-fuck, DISCHARGE style hardcore but from Chicago. Five tracks of primitive d-beat noise not music."

RAZORBLADES AND ASPIRIN #15

"Chicago’s War Effort is a perfect exemplar of what underground hardcore usually sounds like today. Originally conceived as a project to see if a hardcore record could be written and recorded in a single day, the result is a stunning tribute to Swedish powerviolence and d-beat stylings. The cover art with the slogan “What’s Your Ballot Done for You?” emblazoned on it is intriguing. Probably taking way longer to put together than the music itself, this release’s j-card is truly a thing of beauty."

Art Ettinger • RAZORCAKE #132

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released July 9, 2022

Bill Molloy - Bass/Vocals
Dave Fortunato - Drums
Ian Wise - Guitar/Vocals on "Sammuta Järjestelmä"

All Songs written and recorded May 28, 2022
Except "Sammuta Järjestelmä" originally by Soturiheimot

Recorded by Ian Wise at Wright On Carrol
Artwork by Ian Wise
Mixed by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air Studios - deadairstudios.com

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War Effort Chicago, Illinois

South Side D-Beat.

GIGS:
04/18 @ Joy Bomb with Cran, World in Action. The Stuff in Gary, IN
08/24 @ Live Wire Lounge for Jay Perris's 55th Birthday

"Path to Glory" 7" out now via Warthog Speak Records.
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