Ace Stallings just dropped a debut record, and it rips. Eliminators, the straight-edge hardcore punk crew he fronts out in the Bay Area, unleashed E.F.F.E., a shit-stomping full-length that lives up to every ounce of hype.
If you knew Stallings from his Richmond days, this makes total sense. He was maybe the busiest hardcore promoter in town, an imposing but welcoming presence who lived and breathed the scene. He's fronted Break Away, Mutually Assured Destruction, and Sentinel, and he brings that same fire here.
Now he books shows on the West Coast and channels all that energy into Eliminators. E.F.F.E. is the payoff. It's fast, it's mean, and it stomps.
The record moves like his old bands did, all urgency and conviction, but sharper. Every track feels built to detonate live. This is a guy who has spent years in the pit and behind the merch table, and it shows in every second.
Turn it up loud. This one hits like a truck.