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SINGLE\nREVIEW: Territories\/The Vicious Cycles split 7in (Pirates Press\nRecords)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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What\nbetter to help us through these strange times than a new split single\nfrom two of the two finest bands on Pirates Press Records?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Territories\nand The Vicious Cycles both hail from Canada, and met last year at\nRock The Ship, the label’s 15th anniversary bash, held on a former\nSecond World war aircraft carrier!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They hit it off like a house on fire – and the Pirates are proud to bring you this culmination of that friendship, in the form of result is this pair of new tracks, presented on a rip-roaring 7in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The members of Territories <\/strong>used to be in Calgary punk band Knucklehead<\/strong>, who were active for nearly 20 years before splitting in 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They\nremained friends, and decided they had unfinished business, but\ndidn’t want to reform, so a new band was born, one which headed away\nfrom more traditional punk to a new, more modern sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like The Menzingers<\/strong> and Spanish Love Songs<\/strong>, they make music full of hooks and melody, with plenty of heart too, and their self-titled debut album was one of my favourite records of 2018, understated but excellent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A couple of standalone singles later (Quit This City\/Defender is reviewed here)<\/strong><\/a>, here we have another new track, Prairie Twister<\/strong>, and it follows the Territories template to a tee \u2013 a guitar riff which draws you in from the start, and a catchy-as-hell chorus, all wrapped up inside two and a half minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Vicious Cycles.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Vicious Cycles<\/strong> are from Vancouver, and have been plying their punked-up rock ‘n’ roll for best part of a decade now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They’ve released three singles and three full-length albums in that time \u2013 most recently 2019’s Motorcycho <\/strong>(reviewed here)<\/strong><\/a> and their contribution is Problem Officer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their\nsound contains elements of classic ’70s punk, garage rock and even\nwild 50s proto-punk, but you can guarantee they’re hook-heavy\nsingalong moto-anthems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their song, all about being pulled over by the law, is a high-octane blast which has been and gone in a little over two minutes, with its outro referencing the Sex Pistols’<\/strong> Problems, and leaves you wanting more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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