All good things must come to an end –
including the almighty Weekend Nachos. That doesn't mean that the
band can't go out with one hell of a swan song. I saw the band once,
about a year and a half ago now at A389 Bash and it was triumphant.
Apology is a stunner of a
record, an album that captures all we have historically loved about
Weekend Nachos but that also infuses the music with a bombast that
forces us to wonder what cold have been. This is a band who know what
it means to stomp it out, and the crushing, soul melting majesty of
this album makes me realize that Weekend Nachos took the entire genre
to the next level.
What
impresses me about Apology is
that the band did not do the easy thing. They could have very easily
just put out a record that was essentially a reprise of all that made
the band great and called it a day. But they didn't. What they did
was create an album that brings in new elements and elevates the
dialog around hardcore. The sludgy magic of a song like 2015, or the
prolonged album closer, also titled Apology shows all that Weekend
Nachos could have been. Yet, the majority of the meat of this record
focuses on things that have historically made the band great. It's a
hardcore record that you can come back to again and again because the
sound is so vast and impressive that you simply can't ignore its
offerings.
So
come on out and feel the balls out assault of a band who God forsook.
Apology is the most
potent statement from a band who made their name on potent
statements. Incredibly intelligent, endlessly exciting, and
constantly hinting at what could hvae been I can only hope the band
decides to have a reunion album. Of course – of all the bands to
break up for only a year or two before reuniting, I think we have
reason to believe that Weekend Nachos is the most serious, the ones
who left their mark on hardcore and now are going disappear for all
eternities. Oh Weekend Nachos, you will be missed.
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