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- Summary: The five-track EP from New Jersey hardcore punk band GEL was produced by Jon Markson.
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- Record Label: Blue Grape
- Genre(s): Punk, Pop/Rock
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Aug 28, 2024With every GEL release, they seem more and more comfortable with their identity, and fittingly, Persona is another satisfying chapter of that evolution.
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Aug 28, 2024Gel have a firmer grip on the steering wheel this time around; their savagery is nuanced but uncompromising, and they’ve grown into themselves with a great deal of grace. Take your eyes off them at your peril.
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Aug 28, 2024Whatever we think of Jung’s psychoanalysis, it’s interesting to hear a hardcore record driven by such relatively hifalutin concepts. And it’s excellent to have more music from Gel, a band that continues to grow and make some of the best punk of the decade thus far.
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Aug 28, 2024As a transitory release, Persona is the best of both worlds: just as ferocious and unrelenting, but with bolder production and deeper hooks.