Ill Communication Unleash “Doomsday Brigade” Album

Ill Communication started as a few friends from the Oxnard and Tehachapi Hardcore scenes who had talked about making music together for over 15 years. After playing and touring North America and Europe in bands such as The Warriors, Diehard Youth, No Motiv, Retaliate and Gravemaker, They named the band, wrote some music and started playing out. Soon after they recorded two EPs that were released online as well as a one sided 12” on Another City Records. All their release have been and will be written, recorded and engineered by a core group of friends. Musically pulling from classic hardcore bands such as Beyond, Turning Point and Inside Out, as well as a healthy mix of other music styles.

Lyrically addressing a variety of topics covering the state of the world to chillin out with friends. Ill Communication has been known to give a shout out to the old hip hop and punk groups that helped shape the band, with the aim to give back to a scene that has given them so much. Like their name sake Ill Communication is about getting a little wild but staying progressive, paying respect to those who paved the way and doing their part in the current punk hardcore movement. Ill Communication have now released their debut full length, Doomsday Brigade, on vinyl and digital formats through Safe Inside Records and on CD and tape through Heroes And Martyrs Records.

While rooted in traditional hardcore punk it has plenty of melody, speed, grove and heaviness peppered in. Lyrically it covers various topics such as how racists still suck, friendship, addiction to technology and political schemers. Filled with sing alongs, catchy choruses and enough breakdowns to make for a great live show. The album is the product of 20 years of friendship, multiple bands and tours, a global lockdown and a love for hardcore punk.