bloodsports

BIOGRAPHY

Taking over the sweaty New York venues and curbside congregations that came to be synonymous with the name, bloodsports have become an undeniable force. A year after the release of their debut LP Anything Can Be A Hammer via New York/Nashville label Good English Records, the band’s latest lineup of Sam Murphy (guitar/vocals), Jeremy Mock (guitar), Liv Eriksen (bass/vocals) and Scott Hale (drums) continues to find solace in the capitulation of sonic strain, where angular sedition blends with economical melodies that lighten the load of the self-destruction these songs embrace.

As bold as their landscapes have been prior, Anything Can Be A Hammer found the band embracing a more dynamic approach, maturing in their techniques as the songs brim over with subtle fixations, balancing a steady pace of experimentation and curiosity amongst the rhythmic blows and befuddling depths the band confidently explores. Fragile, yet abundant, bloodsports lean into a patience that plays to our own interior designs, with Murphy’s lyricism a notion of both what we know and what we think we know, coming to the fore when our obsessions are at large. It’s an album that’s got blood in its veins and a finger on the pulse.