Five tracks of upfront hardcore punk for 2021: guns, booze and cops – from Nashville with hate. We could tell you about how Body Cam slams out five sick tunes in five minutes on this Ep but hey it’s the Twenty-First century you don’t need us to do that for you. Thanks to the internet critics and middlemen are obsolete, just take a listen and decide for yourself how hard this one slaps.

Our take: Violent Pest Records brings us the debut from this new hardcore band from Nashville, Tennessee. Body Cam is definitely a hardcore band, but their thin and scratchy sound and distinct lack of toughness push them more toward the (for lack of a better term) egg punk camp, which makes sense as Spodee Boy and Erik Nervous both appear in the credits on this one (as recording engineer and mixer, respectively). The five songs jammed onto this flexi are short and ripping fast, and what sticks in my memory most are the Circle Jerks-esque tight rhythmic changes, which I hear most clearly on the track “Active Shooter.” While there isn’t much room for frills, you can’t deny the energy on this five-song, five-minute dead sprint.