It was a strange moment this year when I turned
19. I realized that I was just as
old as, if not older than, some of my favorite bands when they were releasing
genre-defining albums. Now the same age
as Milo Aukerman when he went to college and introduced hardcore to juvenility,
I can no longer relate to Jesse Lacey as he croons, “I want to stay 18 forever.” Point being, people my age are
more than capable of making good music, as demonstrated by Gatherer, a friend
of a friend’s band hailing from New Jersey.
Though the band members are only a few years older than I am, Gatherer’s debut EP, Postcards, is as professional and tactful
as any melodic hardcore release that you will hear nowadays.
