Choosing brutish simplicity as their weapon of choice, the band prowls the shadowy fringes of noise rock and hardcore, a zone also occupied by the likes of Chat Pile and Couch Slut. "We’re too weird for a lot of the hardcore scene and too aggro for the weird scene," states vocalist Tarek Ahmed.
The band's sole founding member, Ahmed wields a singular vocal style that smashes the line between the sublime and the ridiculous. With a strangulated roar, almost cartoonish in its unhinged glory, Ahmed spouts painfully direct, often poetic, lyrics about the pain of existence. His songs reference a litany of characters from his own past, growing up in the backwoods of Connecticut as an Egyptian kid in the post-9/11 years, and from the annals of true crime.
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“These Connecticut crusaders meld the crushing noise of The Jesus Lizard with ample hardcore influences, prompting lead singer Tarek Ahmed to quip: ‘We’re too weird for a lot of the hardcore scene and too aggro for the weird scene.’ Pounding drums give way to Ahmed’s pained and shouted vocals, while guitars have you bobbing and bouncing to the crazed atmosphere…”
–Invisible Oranges
“On their forthcoming album, and ninth release in less than a decade, 'Halo Castration Institute,' Intercourse crystalize all of their varied sonic influences into an aural maelstrom that metalheads, record store clerks, AmRep devotees, and outsider hardcore vinyl collectors will approve of.”
–No Echo
"Intercourse will release their new record 'Halo Castration Institute' on May 5th, and is now streaming the single 'Where Losers Go To Die.' Given the name of the single and the album, you can surely expect a positive experience that's just rainbows and sunshine, right? Nope."
–Metal Injection
"If you're looking for something heavy, pay attention... Fast, aggressive, brings together elements of noise rock and also some sludge as well... Sort of in the same way that Chat Pile does, but I would say they do strike a different vibe."
–The Needle Drop
"Intercourse has admirably carved out a niche for themselves... a niche for those hankering for a more misanthropic Flipper, or Unsane with the snark turned up to 12."
–Lambgoat
"Connecticut’s finest purveyors of hardcore-tinged noise rock are back, ready to provide you with another soundtrack for your worst moments."
"Connecticut’s finest purveyors of hardcore-tinged noise rock are back, ready to provide you with another soundtrack for your worst moments."
–New Noise
"They have this personality about them that I just adore. This self-deprecating, brilliant noise-rock... This is easily the best thing they have done in their career, this record... I'd love to see a tour which was, like, Portrayal of Guilt with Chat Pile and Intercourse."
–The Heavyist Podcast
"Intercourse make unhinged hardcore/noise rock – the kind that’s weeks off its meds with no consulting therapist in sight."
–Everything Is Noise
"Although they sometimes walk in the Jesus Lizard's massive and might footsteps, these outragous noise-rockers ultimately forge their own twisted sonic pathway."
"Although they sometimes walk in the Jesus Lizard's massive and might footsteps, these outragous noise-rockers ultimately forge their own twisted sonic pathway."
–The Tinnitist
"Learning Curve Records have announced they will release ‘Halo Castration Institute‘, the latest album from Connecticut-based noise rock/post-hardcore outsiders Intercourse. Go check out 'Where Losers Go to Die' if you’re into getting yelled at."
–Grizzly Butts
"Time for more Intercourse."
–Scene Point Blank
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