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68 have both confounded and enraptured generations of hardcore types, altrock snobs and passionate fans on the fringes of both camps. Today, the duo are coming after your complacency. Turn it up, because resistance is futile. Alternative PressThe third full length from the Atlanta based duo, whos sound is a little rock, a little blues, a little hardcore, like a Delta Blues reimagining of Bleachera Nirvana or the disgraced punkish cousin of The Black Keys, 68 adheres to a single ethic unbridled authenticity. The band has toured the world from Moscow to Tel Aviv, across Europe and Australia and allover North America sharing the stage with Bring Me The Horizon, Stone Sour, Beartooth, Avatar, August Burns Red, The Amity Affliction, and Underoath, where theyve earned new converts every day.In Humor and Sadness, the first album by 68, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard New Artist Chart.Two Parts Viperfollowed in 2017. 68 bring the noise in the most righteous ways, caring less about the scene they came up through, the bloodless drivel that passes asindie and the boring earnestness currently permeating punk, declaredAlternative Press. Two Parts Viperis the best record of the year. Throw a copy in my casket, because Ill never be done listening to it.Grammywinning producer Nick Raskulinecz Foo Fighters, Rush, Alice In Chains became a believer after just a few songs of a 68 set. OnGIVE ONE TAKE ONE, crafted with Raskulinecz in Nashville, the bands high intensity bombast threatens but never swallows the underlying groove.With the same spirit of scrappy winging it and punchy minimalism that powered the Flat Duo Jets and The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, 68 push forward the pure rock traditions of audacity and disruption. Scogin gives everything to the microphone, as if singing to redeem his soul. He wields his guitar and keys like weapons, pulverizing away any false pretenses. Its about the riff and the kick. Its immediate. Its alive. And its fun. Sweaty catharsis, cutting missives, surrendered by 68 as if the world depends on them. Because in 68, less is more. Oh, so much more.
