Hired Goons - Demo 2013 + Demo 2013 Part II (Nobody Cult - 2013)

You've probably figured it out by now, I'm now a very punctual guy. I rarely talk about stuffs that just came out. But I guess the majority of people reading this are not after "fresh news of the scene" (they're easy to find on other websites/pages anyway), but rather for what I think about bands I review (or at least I hope that, because otherwhise I don't understand what you're doing here), even though I try to talk about relatively "new" releases.
So no exception, the material we're going to talk about tonight (the night fell at least 2 hours ago here in Uppsala) is not that fresh. But still, it's good as fuck. We'll be talking about Hired Goons, from Ontario, Canada. I'll be killing two birds with one stone here, and talk about their two demos that came out respectively in April and November 2013.
What we have here is an Oi!-influenced hardcore punk band (or hardcore punk-influenced Oi! band, put it as you like), playing mid-to-slower tempo straight in your face rock'n'roll, driven by strong basslines, no-compromise guitar and shouted, powerful (but no tough guy/gangsta hardcore shit involved) vocals, sounding a bit like Sheer Terror. Basically it sound like a more punk hardcore version of bands like Hammer & the Nails (they have been reviewed here earlier), Tommy & the Terrors, or these NYC 90's Oi! bands that all sounded pretty hardcore influenced on the Oi! side, and Negative Approach on the hardcore side (I'm not that much of a hardcore punk guy, so I, unfortunately, lack a bit of references here...). Their seconde demo as, though, some kind of a Templars feeling, mainly because of the solo guitar lines and the guitar sound in general. It's more melodic, sounds more "melancholic" sometimes. Which, in my opinion, make it even better. The songs are hardly longer than 2 minutes (and a minute and 45 seconds on their second demo), so no time for bullshit here, it's hitting you straight and hard !

A song from the band's second demo, and probably one of the band's best song

If you didn't bought their demo tapes yet (because yes, both demos came out as tapes), then you're, like me, probably fucked because they seem to be completely sold out. But rejoice, they're both available (digitally) through the band's bandcamp for the price you're willing to pay for it. Nice gesture, that's another reason for you to check these guys out if you haven't done it yet. If you're into that kind of music you will definitely like it, if you're not then broaden your horizons !