Chris Hart

Healthcare / AI / Data Science, but also weird heavy rock/metal music writing

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So I've started a monthly newsletter on Substack on math rock and other weirder heavier genres - check out the first post below and if this is your bag please subscribe! https://t.co/OQ3Twdccfl

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* OK, OK, Amputechture is goddamn great too

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Wrote a retrospective on The Mars Volta's best* album, check it out on Distorted Sound: https://t.co/gNNqiwkogR

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HEAVY MUSIC HISTORY: Frances The Mute - @themarsvolta

This month, The Mars Volta celebrate the 20th anniversary of 'Frances The Mute'! For Heavy Music History, we take a deep dive into the album and its legacy, read the full feature on Distorted ...

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Issue 117 of Distorted Sound is now available! 🤘

FEAT: @its_R_O_R_Y, @lacuna_coil, @STYGoc, @ALTBLKERA, @NFO_Official, Saor, @GAGBOSTON, @MantarBand, @oceangrove, @loveisnoiselr, Grief Ritual, @MarkoHietala_, @THECITYISOURSUK, @WWWYFest and more!

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Issue 116 of Distorted Sound is available now!

FEAT: @hiddenmothersuk, @STSOfficial_1, @sugarhorse666, @weareredhook, @LessThanJake, @MassiveWagons, @interlakerband, Mallavora, @TGOSdoom, @EnsiferumMetal, Fixation, @ChuckRagan, @tfnsong, @ChaosReigns_UK, @FellowshipUK and more!

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Our first headline show in 7 years! 🤯 To celebrate our new album we will play @thelexington on the 19th January next year, thank you @PortalsLondon for having us and looking forward to seeing yous @ThisIsDogUnit ! Tickets: https://t.co/50UVx02vMj
Poster by Carly Davies

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It's here at last - the Top 50 Albums of the Year edition of Post-. Some incredible stuff out this year. Get stuck in. https://t.co/7XZtSS1Iyy

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@theyachtclubtyc - I Don't Think That I Am Ready To Be Without You

Plenty of good math rock/Midwest emo EPs out this year, but none is quite as intricate or attuned to the heartstring tug as this offering from The Yacht Club. Absolutely their best work to date. 11/end

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TEN EPS I GREATLY ENJOYED IN 2024

Look, the AOTY list was way too long and I'm exhausted from sorting releases into ordered lists, so here's ten (alphabetical) EPs that went hard for me this year.

(That AOTY list will be on the Substack later this week!) 1/11

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@weareunpeople - unpeople

From the ashes of Press To Meco come unpeople - anthemic heavy pop-punk but with a more sophisticated edge and plenty of blistering hooks and harmonies. This band deserves to become huge. 10/11

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The Top 50 Album of the Year list for the Substack is now locked in. That was an outrageous amount of work. Now to write it all up...

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The Proclaimers: here's how far I'd walk for you babe

The Pretenders, only half listening, prone to Christmas catastrophe and hyperbole: he's gone! 2000 miles! it's very far!

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Empty stage pre-Jacob Collier at the O2