CANDY – It​’​s Inside You / VINYL LP

Candy: a hardcore band that seem to explore being different from traditional hardcore without abandoning the bones of it. Not just because they require some extra search terms to find their history, but because Candy kicks in the cracks of basic hardcore beats makes way for new additions like ‘80s action-movie synth scores and whips of hypercore.
Their third record It’s Inside You, via Relapse Records and Co-produced by Quick and Uniform’s Ben Greenberg, is twelve energetic, digital-coated songs with features from Integrity’s Aaron Melnick, Angel Du$t’s Justice Tripp, and Trash Talk’s David Gagliardi. It starts off with “eXistenZ” and just from the title’s spelling, I know this is going to take a turn from the raw intensity of grittier previous 2022 record Heaven is Here.