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"Straight up, no one is having more fun than me when we're up there", beams Drain frontman Sammy Ciaramitaro, whose face is perpetually glued in a grin. For anyone that's seen the Santa Cruz hardcore firebrands live, there's no mistaking that fact.
Drain isn't just a good time as Sammy presides over the chaos of stage diving bodies and mic-grabbing frontline; it's a party - and everyone is invited. The trio inject a serious dose of relatability - not to mention catchiness - into hardcore's penchant for toughness and brutality on their new Epitaph album, "Is Your Friend". Ciaramitaro's desperate, snotty howl rides roughshod over thrash-leaning riffage as rhythms bounce in a big way.
If you're picturing the Pacific Ocean waves that rise and fall along the coastal town, occasionally violently so, you're not far off.