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The city of Santa Cruz, CA is known for its boardwalk, hippie university, and The Lost Boys movie, drawing tourists and students from all over the globe, driving up the cost of living and pushing out long-lived independent businesses. Within Santa Cruz locals lies a distinct resentment, an attitude that one only gains when being pushed to the margins within their own world. DRAIN is the musical manifestation of this resentment and frustration. The same feelings that have been expressed over the decades by local legends BL'AST! and later GOOD RIDDANCE. As the new blood of Santa Cruz hardcore punk, DRAIN has a fiery, metal-tinged thrashing hardcore sound that is best experienced in the live setting. Their shows are a sight to behold as over a thousand slammers realized at Sound And Fury 2019, as stage dives and hard mosh met pool party during the full duration of the set. DRAIN also appeared at This Is Hardcore 2019 and are true road dogs, not only with this project but also with members' other projects HANDS OF GOD (Flatspot Records) and GULCH (Creator Destructor Records), and have also toured with JUDICIARY (Closed Casket Activies), and more. After receiving some demos and then witnessing the madness of DRAIN's set at Sound And Fury, Rev decided to join forces with DRAIN and cannot wait to bring you something so chaotic, loud and real.

Track Listing

Bonus Materials

• Pressed on color vinyl
• MVD currently has the LAST copies of the first blue pressing on vinyl.

Sales Points

• 100 Words Podcast episode featuring singer Sam Ciaramitaro of Drain: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0oHhufOGYcRTf69QtRSf9Z
• Toured U.S. in January 2020 with HIGHER POWER and TAKE OFFENSE
• Upcoming fest appearances at United Blood and Wild Rose
• Spotify added Army Of One to the New Punk Tracks playlist (156,904 followers, #8 playlist position)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4R1X3Yytc0
• - Press planned with Loudwire, No Echo, Brooklyn Vegan, Revolver, Kerrang!, Visions
• FFO: Power Trip, Take Offense, Terror, Turnstile
• https://www.noecho.net/features/drain-revelation-records
• https://www.noecho.net/features/drain-california-hardcore
• https://hate5six.com/player.php?album=7010568
• Partnered with Santa Cruz Skateboards for cross promotion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x25XeDpJn54

Press Quotes

'packs mile-a-minute hardcore and lumbering sludge metal into just a 58-second run time' -

     —BrooklynVegan

'tough, badass hardcore but with that warm California air coming through'

     —BrooklynVegan

'Heck, the whole record is basically skate punks worshipping Slayer. Could be ugly, but Drain pull it off, fashioning a pleasant afternoon listening experience.'

     —Decibel Magazine

'With its soul-stirringly killer debut full-length California Cursed rising crossover levelers Drain are set to hit the west coast hardcore punk scene -- and, indeed, the various global heavy music sects at large -- like a set of fully-charged, exceedingly-

     —Decibel Magazine

'crossover hardcore at its fieriest, and a bold piece that details the band's force'

     —Destroy//Exist

'While it's only their first full length release, Drain have proven here they are a force to be reckoned with, coupled with their raucous live shows the band could prove to be one of Hardcore's bigger names in the immediate future.'

     —Discovered Magazine

'... California Cursed offers a breathe of fresh air while also recalling the early appeal of crossover thrash. Not since Power Trip burst onto the scene has a band caught my admittedly limited attention span for this brand of hardcore. Drain delivers the

     —Heavy Blog

''California Cursed' is a compact, relentless delight.'

     —Heavy Music HQ

'When you package everything 'California Cursed' has to offer together, you're left with one charmingly wicked slab of hardcore punk. If you're missing beach season this year and are looking for some bad vibes to help you have a good time, 'California Cur

     —In Effect

'Man, the Drain album California Cursed takes spot number one with ease. I have a feeling kids are gonna be stoked as asses on beans for this like when Power Trip, Vein or even Municipal Waste made insane waves. Everyone is probably going to be jocking th

     —Metal Riot

'Revelation Records have been gold standard bearers in introducing high quality hardcore to the scene for decades now, and it's a fete that they continue to bring the next generation out there into the wild. Santa Cruz's DRAIN are ones to watch, having bu

     —Recommended Listen

'Drain's latest listen 'Hyper Vigilance,' sharing serrated vocals alongside Sam Ciaramitaro and avoiding plummeting down quick-shifting fault line riffs along the way. Unsurprising is that a track featuring two amped personalities would deliver anything l

     —Recommended Listen

'one of the most purely fun bands in the genre'

     —Stereogum