EXCIDE’s new single “CALL BOX” resonates with every generation 

Haioling from the Carolina’s, EXCIDE bring an exceptional blend of 00s, hardcore, metal & more. To steal a phrase from their record labels (SharpTone) blurb, “they make heavy music with the potential to reach the masses without pandering“, and just a few bars into this track you’ll understand why. Deftones, (early) Nirvana, The Bronx, System Of A Down, Kyuss, Four Year Strong… the list goes on and on.

Singer Tyler Washington talks about what the single means for the forthcoming album (‘Bastard Hymns’ – out now on SharpTone Records):‘Call Box’ was the ‘click’ moment for the record. Though it formed from a later demo, it’s the song that most coherently synthesized every component of our desired outcome, and ended up being sort of the stencil we worked backwards from when in pre-production for the LP. I’ve referenced them previously but it’s got ALL the goodies derived from our influences. The Cast Iron Hike-sort of grooves in the verses, the fuzzy Queens of the Stone Age bridge, and the HUGE ending that nods to the greats in Failure.”  He finishes, “This song is Excide at its purest and best form to-date. No doubt a favorite on the record, and the perfect conclusion for it. It’s’ my ‘F*** you, thanks for the inspiration’ song.”

It really didn’t take long for us to be head nodding and sharing various influences we heard throughout this song. Although just as you think you’ve ‘got it’, this band tears it up and cooks you a new platter of heavy that sits very nicely indeed: