Tuesday: Flub - Memoria

     It's time for an early flashback/late tech Tuesday kinda sorta combo, in the form of a re-rerecorded version of an old song from a talented young tech death band.

     I've written about California's Flub before, back when their EP Avent was all fresh and shiny. The latest word on new material from Flubland is that things are still in progress, but in lieu of fully fresh tunes we do get a re-recorded re-release of their earlier EP Purpose.

     The downside is that these songs aren't quite as well crafted as the band's newer material, which, duh, they'll obviously have grown as songwriters in the interim. The upside is that they're still badass, and they sound better than ever now. But why are we still listening to me talk about Flub's new-old stuff? Why don't you just check out "Memoria" and decide for yourself.

Flub - Unrequited

     If I told you today's song was by a band called Flub, what would your first assumption be? (Quiet in the back there, all you Flub fans...) Indie? Pop-punk? Maybe, at best, some kind of weird stoner prog band? Well, would you believe "Flub" stands for "melodically and technically proficient death metal"?

     Believe it, because Sacramento-based Flub are doing exactly that, as evidenced by their latest song "Unrequited" from the upcoming EP Advent. There's a lot going on, including some somewhat understated keyboard acrobatics, and all of it is decidedly and deliciously heavy.

     If there's something magical in the water in Australia (as I've previously suggested on more than one occasion) producing cool bands, then California's got some of the same mojo going on right now -- lots of cool stuff for everybody's taste, so start with Flub and "Unrequited" and go from there.