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December / Puritan - A Split Record | Connective Tissue 1996
December
(Bethlehem, PA)
Jeremy (Vocals)
Seth (Guitar)
Joe (Guitar)
Dan (Bass)
Matt (Drums)
Puritan
(State College, PA)
Chad Pfeiffer
Demian Fenton
Doug Savour
Tyler Lotz
Vijay Hariharan
Basic Info:
Release Date: 1996
Label: Giving Tree Records
Runtime: 9:31
-December: 4:09
-Puritan: 5:22
Tracks: 4
-December: 2
-Puritan: 2
Genres, Influences and Characteristics:
Screamo, Emoviolence, Metalcore, Dissonant, Aggressive, Dynamic, Noisy
Points on the Timeline:
December’s only known material is on this split, two songs that add up to a little more than four minutes. Meanwhile, Puritan had a rewarding year with a demo and two splits released. However, they’d only release an EP in 1997 before calling it quits.
Shapes in the Sound:
Two similar bands whose style is a cross between the emotive dynamism of Screamo and the more extreme side of Emoviolence, combined with some truly Metalcore chugging riffs. The screams from both bands on this quick split are gnarly and high-pitched while the music is a constant tug-of-war between wailing, dissonant guitar and tense moments of quiet, just waiting for the insanity to ensue.
Threads in the Tapestry:
Emoviolence was just emerging during this year, and this split put a heaping teaspoon of Pennsylvania in the mix, with both bands only within a couple hours’ drive from each other. Although this split didn’t singlehandedly put the state on the map as a Screamo hotbed, it does showcase 10 invaluable minutes of Emoviolence history.