Labels: Zegema Beach Records
Formats: Tape/Digital
Release Date: 25 Jun 2025
Tracklist:
1. Dear Deers... This Is Getting Redundant
2. Harmonics Harm Onix's's's
3. Slow Reign
I'm moving ever closer to pulling the (financial) pin and getting my old trusty iPod Classic modded so I can use it again. I just want to fill it with music that I own on physical formats, as well as so much more of the great music I have been sent and indeed continue to be sent. Music like this, which appears on the debut EP from new Canadian screamo band Mourn Recif.
It's a little bit significant this one, as it features none other than Dave Norman on guitar (as well as vocals) for what might be the first time in a recorded form, but it's also been released via ZBR. There are many other reasons beside those though, so let's jump in shall we?
Life is coming at me fast but there’s still time to regain some of the (writing) ground I’ve lost in recent months. Mourn Recif are here to help me do that with their debut self-titled EP. Starting with a mix of emo guitar melody and more abrasive screamo vocals, joined later by energetic percussion and almost bluesy bass work, ‘Dear Deers… This Is Getting Redundant’ is over all too soon.
The very cleverly titled ‘Harmonics Harm Onix’s’s’s’ has a very (and noticeably so) modern sound to it’s intro before the full band kicks in. I’ll let you argue amongst yourselves about the sound and who I’m referring too. Any such comparisons are quickly banished though as Mourn Recif deliver an emotive and raw slab of classy post-hardcore.
Ending with ‘Slow Reign’, which is the EP’s longest song but not it’s slowest by any means, the quartet becomes more expansive. Listening to this even through a laptop speaker makes you feel like you’re in the room with them, which is down to the excellent and organic recording, mixing and mastering. It’s a banger in every sense of the word!.
After having a Turnstile song stuck in my head almost all day (pretty sure you know the one), it’s refreshing to finally be able banish it with something a little heavier and more DIY. Can’t wait to here more from Mourn Recif. Great work from Jason, Branden, Dave and Ron.
You can stream and grab it as a name-your-price download below:-
As I write this, tape copies are very limited. Your best bet is to head straight to Zegema Beach Records via the links below to get a copy:-
CAN/INTL - http://www.zegemabeachrecords.com/zegema-beach-releases/mournrecif
USA - https://zbrusa.com/collections/zbr-releases/products/mournrecif
Mourn Recif - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558260430705
Zegema Beach Records - https://bsky.app/profile/zegemabeachrecords.bsky.social
Oh man oh my oh me, hella flattering words! I figure, whoever wrote this deserves to have the inside scoop on "what ever happened to MRcf‽" the 3 tracks that made this release were not mixed and mastered as a 3 track ep but as an 8 track LP but due to the "unwritten law of skramz" or some silly ish, we ended up releasing 7 of the tracks piece by piece with unfortunately, the *BEST*, most heavy hitting Mourn song (Lebong James) being the one recording that didn't ever see the light of day due to timing issues. I have decided, the world deserves to hear the Mourn Recif LP in its proper form and deserves to hear the recording of the most pain soaked song I have ever had a part of writing (Lebong) in proper time. Not sure on the timeline for this release but mark my words, Mourn Recif/(I along with Daves blessing) will posthumously release the album that never was "Ole Recif Is Dead Now", before my EI payments run out next April/before the world ends. Like a pair of phoenix rising from recifs ashes however, the bands Cadere and the yet to make an appearance, Chose Sin will carry on torches of heavy, unsettling emotions that Mourn Recif channeled ever so skillfully. Feel free to hmu: ronba999@gmail.com
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