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I Love My Kennel

Not the most brutally aggressive, but there's some serious bite to em that keeps you more than intrigued..anyway...

This past spring..summer, I don't remember when exactly. Last winter? Yeah, either way, Doritos came out with Doritos Inferno. Being that the bag looked eerily similar to Roulette it was a safe assumption that Inferno would just be the hot chips from Roulette, right? Well let me tell you, Doritos Inferno are their own beast and gee golly was that a fantastic surprise. There's almost an initial sweetness which segues into a chili pepper hot (but not a brutal hot) and finally ends with a chili powder flavour. I haven't seen a bag of these at the store in a minute so I'm guessing they're out of season (fingers crossed). I'm not sure if Doritos is going to be rotating them in and out seasonally or if they're gone 'forever'. Either way, if you see a bag; grab em up, they're a nice hot but not brutal chip. Here's to hoping for their return.

As for some heat that isn't going anywhere in the foreseeable future..Pears. It's hard for me to describe the sound one of Fat Wreck's newer darlings, Pears. Since they burst onto the punk scene in 2014 (with a major boost from Anxious and Angry, who released Go To Prision between the self release and the Fat re-release) I've been reading descriptions of their sound for so long that it's hard to formulate my own opinion/description without being influenced by what I've previously read. I'd say they're skatepunk's manic cousin. Pears are all over the punk spectrum, melodic tech turns to pure frantic aggression to metalcore influenced breakdowns punctuated by growled vocals..and this can all be found within a single song. Pears are fantastic while starting/stopping on a dime. Their most recent, and solely Fat release, Green Star is sprinkled with odd piano interludes that let you catch your breath while punctuating the power of the rest of the albums proper songs perfectly. I can't wait to see them live (as I've heard they put on a top notch show [and I missed them this past summer when they swung through Winnipeg headlining])..which I'm stoked to say will happen one week tomorrow as NoFX tapped Pears to open for their current Canadian tour.

Stay hydrated,
marc

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