Mandrew, the enigmatic and illustrious employee of the year at Little Devil/Orchid/Trans Am Distribution, plays guitar in this kick ass band called Hostages.
Living in Philly last year, I'd ride flatland at night in the LD warehouse, while Hostages would practice in the office. Since band practices for kick ass hardcore bands are inherently loud, I listened, and immediately became a fan.
Hostages play a calculated mixture of angry, rhythmic hardcore. Driving and bitter with just the right amount of breakdowns. IE- they're really good, and I've been meaning to mention them on here for a long, long time now.
You can check out their MySpace page for two amazing songs from Hostages.
It's here: http://www.myspace.com/werehostages
And you can get their debut single from Burn Bridges Records here: http://www.burnbridges.net/releases/burn006.html
If you like The Hope Conspiracy or American Nightmare, do check it out.
