BLOODY GEARS TAPE ON HIGH LEDGES

The final Bloody Gears recording "Shallow Remains" is now available on cassette from High Ledges Tapes. You can order it at: http://highledgestapes.bigcartel.com/ I also added lyrics to the bandcamp site, in case anyone is wondering what the words are. Protest and Survive, BG

Our last recording "Shallow Remains" is available for streaming and download from bandcamp. https://bloodygears.bandcamp.com/album/shallow-remains

Just a quick update on the off chance anyone stumbles on this page - we have managed in our spare time to record 7 songs that should be mixed shortly and then we will figure out what to do with them. In any event, they'll probably be posted on the internet for anyone who cares to listen. That's it. Keep the fate/How we rock, Bloody Gears.

Bloody Gears in 2014 (or not)

A quick update for anyone who cares: we are working at a snail's pace to finish a final recording. It's doubtful this will happen this year due to scheduling conflicts, but I think we are all comitted to doing it. I think the new stuff is strong and hopefully anyone who liked our records will dig it. I have no clue whether it will be a record or just something that gets posted for download. In any case, it will probably be the last thing we do as a band. Rest assured I'll update this again once we have something to show for ourselves.

Strive to Survive

In case anyone is wondering, Bloody Gears is still going. We're working on new stuff these days but if someone in the NE US wants us to play a gig, let me know. Meantime, I noticed we made AJ Morocco's top 10 list recently, ranking (numerically, at least) over two of my all-time favorite records. http://www.bigtakeover.com/top-ten/AJ-Morocco-120506

MRR Review of "Landscapes of Disease"

We've been seeing some nice words about the new records, & thought to post Lydia Phelp's nice review of the LP from MRR #351, since I don't think it's otherwise on the interweb:

"I first heard about these guys from my friend Bak, back in Athens, Greece. I was looking for a present for my boyfriend and he suggsested it. "If he likes the WIPERS, LEATHERFACE, ARTICLES OF FAITH or HüSKER Dü, you should get it for him." And I did and it was and I loved it. The first full-length by Boston-based dark-punkers BLOODY GEARS, brings to mind moments from the dark and decadent 80's- you know, when hardcore and punk bands were crossing genres and mixing sounds like 1989 was the end of the world. So no one cared to sound like someone else, they just fucking got on with it and played all the things they thought were missing from punk at the time and fucking fused some newfound new sound shit. I love it! This is very melodic and highly melancholic, with layers of dark and brazen guitars on top of vocals so heart-wrenching at times, it hurts. Ultimately this is what I want from a band that isn't straight-up aggressive hardcore or psycho punk: pain. Pain, anxiety, and disappointment, so well channeled into each instrument I acn actually feel the guitar strings pierce my skin and the drum-pedal kick me in the stomach while the vocalist spits on my open wound with a mouth full of alcohold and spite. When I need something that reflects my deep hatred and simulataneous empathy for society, I will listen to this."

August 14th Show - Arctic Flowers, Foreign Objects, Cleansing Wave, Bloody Gears

Western Mass Show June w/ WHITE LUNG

Bloody Gears triumphant return to Western, MA with the outstanding Canadian punk group White Lung. We will bring pro 'tude and pro gear this time.

FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 2012

WHITE LUNG
BLOODY GEARS
NO SIR I WON'T
WHIRL

at flywheel arts collective
7pm $7

THE MOB in BOSTON 5/28

Extremely excited to play with all-time heroes The Mob from England before they head out to Chaos in Tejas.

THE MOB (UK)
BLOODY GEARS
MFP

The show is Monday, May 28 at Great Scott in Allston.

$12, 18+, 9pm doors

LP & 7"

The tests have all been approved and both records should be out shortly. We are back in the basement and hope to make some show announcements soon.

NEW RECORDS SOON

We have test pressings of a new 3-song 7" "Frozen Rain" on Grave Mistake Records out very soon - and an 8-song LP "Landscapes of Disease" on Deranged Records out in late March. Once Ryan is back (again) from Europe we will get these out the door and hopefully start playing shows again.

Sample Track on Band Camp.com

If you haven't heard the A-Side of our first EP is up for listening to at:

http://bloodygears.bandcamp.com

New Recording Update

In case anyone was wondering what's up with the band, Ryan is about to return from a long sabbatical in Euroland, and we will return to work on 10 songs that we recorded way back in 2010 before he takes off again on Social Circkle tour. Most likely this stuff will be split into a single and LP and hopefully some or all of it will be out for consumption before it starts getting cold again.

Big Takeover: "one of the better American underground rock EPs of the year"

bloody gears
end of the line 7”
(deranged records)
Boston’s Bloody Gears have released one of the better American underground rock EPs of the year with “End Of The Line,” even if it does sound as though they’ve only ever listened to Greg Sage’s Wipers. To its credit few bands actually understand the magic that is the Portland acts sound/appeal (an authentic instrumental tone, gobs of kinetic feel between players, sheer raw passion) and this is thoroughly invigorating even fresh sounding (magic in itself), though I think seeing them live might present more personality and hope for a more original follow up. Too, regarding the group being consistently aligned with the ‘hardcore’ tag…what gives?, there’s NOTHING hardcore about this whatsoever.

Some Reviews

Yellow Green Red
"End of the Line was recorded in February of this year, and if you can remember the winter Boston had, the pain of lugging amps through slush and snow while wearing four layers of clothing is certainly evident here. Pretty much the antithesis of beach punk."

Anger Still Boils in the Underground
"Bloody Gears doesn't score too many points in the originality section, however there's something about this band that (at least to me) makes them stand out from the pack."

Art 4 Punks
"B side label is pure art, hang it on your wall if it ever leaves the turntable..."

MaximumRockNRoll
"Don't get me wrong - this is one of the best records I've heard in months. It just sounds so much like the WIPERS."

Teenage Lobotomy
"Well, maybe vocals do remind of Greg Sage a lot, but i hear so much more while spinning this piece of plastic."

Plastic Bomb Fanzine
"Vor allem beim Song „End of line“ ist sehr auffällig."

7" Euro Press is Out Now!

The European edition of the Bloody Gears 3-song EP is now available from Taken By Surprise Records. Order it online HERE.

The Western Hemisphere version on Deranged Records experienced some technical difficulties, but a test has been OK'd and copies should be availble soon - hopefully in time for the NYC show.

Live Video

New York in June

Tickets are onsale already for the Friday, June 18th Cake Shop Eddy Current Suppression Ring show. We will be opening up, and Home Blitz and Pissed Jeans are also playing. Should be a blast. There are very few tickets available for this. If you don't catch ECSR and Pissed Jeans in Manhattan, I highly recommend checking them out the next night in Brooklyn with Social Circkle. Follow the link to buy one:

http://hardcoregigvolume.bigcartel.com/

Bloody Gears 7" - Sample Track

The A Side of our upcoming 7" on Deranged Records is now uploaded for your listening pleasure.

Download It Here

Bloody Gears 7"

We have a 3 song 7" record coming out soon on Deranged Records. There is also a Euro press in the works on Taken By Surprise Records sometime down the road. We recorded two new tracks and a better version of the song "Take a Ride" from the demo. Look for it soon wherever punk is bought and sold.