Network 34 - ST CD (1996)

    Network 34 was a three-piece hardcore band based in Newark, Delaware active for a couple years in the mid-90s. Members of the band would go on to play in Eldritch Anisette, Fields Lay Fallow, Dorian Gray, Boysetsfire, Midvale and Dear Tonight. They released a 6-song demo in 1995 which would later be included on their CD album release on Planaria Records. 

    Network 34 was an intense and heavy band with frantic drums, guitar riffs and abrupt starts and stops reminiscent of Indian Summer and shrill screamed vocals. They had a rawness and originality to their sound, their release coming out at the peak of the 90s D.I.Y. movement. Instrumentally they were more experimental and complex than your average hardcore band using elements of math rock to back the throat-shredding vocals. 

    As a three-piece, you can hear how in sync the band is with each other, all starting and stopping with each other in an ebb and flow, but they still have a genuine emotional rawness to them that so many lose in the aim of perfecting their sound. Network 34 brings a sense of each note being played with purpose, power and meaning; without care for how it comes across to the world. 

    Thank you to Lia for putting me on this band! They've quickly become a favourite and deserve more attention!

ST CD

ST CD 1996 (Planaria Records)