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Welcome to Four Records! Each episode, we feature one guest as they go over four records at four different times in their life. This week, Forrest and Karina speak with Jonathan Baylis, the creator of the comic So… Buttons. So… Buttons is a slice of life anthology comic written by Jonathan about his life and drawn by various artists. Each story is tailored to the style of the artist and each issue has a theme. Jonathan just finished a Kickstarter for his fifteenth issue titled, “Who Is My Daddy and What Does He Do?” If superhero comics aren’t your thing, give So… Buttons a chance. Check out his latest and past issues here:

Jonathan Baylis’s Four Records:

0-10: Leonard Bernstein – West Side Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Teenage: Leonard Slatkin St. Louis Symphony Orchestra – Shostakovich’s 5th 

Twenties: Billy Joel- Turnstiles

Recent Record: Tame Impala – Slow Rush

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Opening song: Rad Skulls – Loud as Shit

Closing song: Lucas Perea – Underneath Ashes

Bring Me The Horizon kicked off their US tour last night (April 23) in Los Angeles, where they played 2024 track ‘YOUtopia’ live for the first time.

The track was originally released on the band’s seventh album ‘Post Human: Nex Gen’, and got its live debut around the midway point of their show at the Hollywood Palladium.

Take a look at some fan footage of that moment below:

It wasn’t the only surprise for those lucky LA fans though, as ‘House Of Wolves’ found its way back into the setlist after a few years out of circulation. A fan was also brought onstage to sing with the band during ‘Antivist’.

Bring Me The Horizon will perform at Sick New World Festival in Las Vegas this weekend.

Check out their full list of upcoming US dates below:

APRIL

28 Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena
29 Montreal, QC – Bell Centre

MAY

1 Worcester, MA – DCU Center
2 New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
4 Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena
5 Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena
7 Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
9 Daytona, FL – Welcome To Rockville Festival
11 St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Arena
12 Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Arena
13 St. Paul, MN – Grand Casino Arena
15 Rosemont, IL – Allstate Arena
16 Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple Festival

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From Gates to Hell Facebook:

“Gone for 6 weeks starting real soon. We have routing dates on the way to Chaos & Carnage w/ Bodysnatcher, 200 Stab Wounds, and Bodybox. Then we all meet up with Thy Art Is Murder, Carnifex, and Ingestef for the Chaos And Carnage Tour, then a few more routing shows on the way home.”

“All dates below that we are playing. Follow our linktree if you haven’t picked up tickets yet.” https://linktr.ee/gatestohell

The Road to Carnage Dates
April 27 – Baton Rouge, LA @ Chelsea Live
April 28 – Corpus Christi, TX @ House of Rock
April 29 – Ft. Worth, TX @ Tulips FTW
April 30– Lubbock, TX @ Jake’s Sports Cafe

Chaos & Carnage Dates
May 2 – Phoenix, AZ @ Van Buren
May 3 – Albuquerque, NM @ El Rey
May 5 – San Antonio, TX @ Vibes Event Center
May 6 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues
May 8 – Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl
May 12 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore
May 13 – Baltimore, MD @ Nevermore Hall
May 15 – Reading, PA @ Reverb
May 16 – Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
May 17 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Monarch
May 19 – Chicago, IL @ Ramova Theatre
May 20 – Des Moines, IA @ Val Air Ballroom
May 22 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater
May 23 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Rockwell
May 24 – Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Hall
May 26 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox Sodo
May 27 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
May 29 – Berkeley, CA @ UC Theatre
May 30 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
May 31 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues

Road to Carnage Return Dates
June 3 – Tulsa, OK @ Vanguard
June 4 – Memphis, TN @ Minglewood Hall
June 5 – Pensacola, FL @ Vinyl Music Hall
June 6 – Birmingham, AL @ WorkPlay Theatre

Trying to pigeonhole Portrayal Of Guilt’s sound has always been a fruitless task. The Austin threepiece have been releasing their own brand of twisted darkness for nearly a decade now, effortlessly fusing influences as broad as black metal, death metal and noise rock to create their own avant-garde, nihilistic noise. On LP number four, ‘…The Beginning Of The End’, they broaden their palette even further, incorporating elements of early nu-metal, trip-hop and 90s industrial into their idiosyncratic sound. What’s impressive is how seamlessly they blend these elements into their existing identity, both bursting with new ideas whilst remaining distinctively Portrayal of Guilt in sound and feel.

Opening with the spooky licks and tight grooves of all-too-short instrumental ‘Backstabber’, the album launches proper with the pulsating, twisted ‘Human Terror’. The filthiest bass tone you’ll hear this year paves way for a twirling, hypnotic nu-metalesque guitar riff before Matt King’s ferocious snarl takes centre stage. Bolstered further by a hip-hop flavoured groove courtesy of powerhouse sticksman James Beveridge, ‘Human Terror’ is disarmingly catchy, and sets the murky, unnerving tone for what lies ahead.

‘Heaven’s Gate’, finds the band in more familiar Portrayal Of Guilt territory (if there is such a thing), with a lo-fi, claustrophobic feel to the barrage of guitar and frantic blast beats. Similarly, ‘Under Siege’ is an all out assault on the senses, as caustic and raw as Portrayal Of Guilt get, with an undercurrent of industrial elements creeping in. The dirt ridden bass tone returns on the dancy ‘Ecstasy’, a creepy and unnervingly catchy little number that sounds like a death metal spin on the 90s trip-hop inspired output of Beck. 

Elsewhere, the band dial up the evil and nasty even further. ‘God Will Never Hear Me’ is one of the bleakest pieces of music the band have recorded. A waking nightmare set to music, a discordant riff rings out over a threatening pulsating bass, bringing to mind ‘The Fragile’ era Nine Inch Nails with its swirling malevolent riffs and threatening vocal passages. Similarly the threatening aura of ‘Object Of Pain’, carves a similar path that Crippling Alcoholism did last year on ‘Camgirl’, as post-punk inspired riffs, industrial noise and sinister vocals are propelled along on by an addictive laidback beat and air of unease.

King gets to flex his guitar chops and vocal prowess even further on the choppy and savage ‘Total Black’, whilst ‘Chamber of Misery Pt. IV’ finds the band embracing the hip-hop influences further with a guest spot from Slim Guerilla. Closing the record is the brutal, Primitive Man-recalling oppression of ‘The Last Judgement’; a colossal, pummelling track that ends with King’s most visceral and blood curdling scream echoing out over the album’s final moments. 

With ‘…The Beginning Of The End’, Portrayal of Guilt have created their most accessible, diverse and darkest set of songs to date. A band that have always carved their own path, by embracing more melodic, but no less dark, elements into their sound the Austin trio have managed to paint a more nuanced picture with varying shades of black. Bleak yet catchy, oppressive yet danceable, varied yet cohesive ‘…The Beginning Of The End’ is Portrayal Of Guilt’s most sophisticated and immersive album to date, and one of the most rewarding listens you’ll hear this year.

ADAM FIRTH

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