To put it simply, Ca$ual absolutely rips. Fed on a steady diet of riffs, the Minneapolis trio has been steadily releasing their brand of thrash-infused hardcore since 2015 EP Shade and continuing with 2017 debut album Come Around. The band returned in December with their first song in two years, the grimy non-album single "Muck".
Rare Form finds Ca$ual absolutely chomping at the bit from beat one. "Flyin' Blind," the EP's frantic opening salvo, has the band looking to take charge. The track's opening words "I built a monster / Just to let it die" burns with the desire to create something you can destroy, and as the EP progresses, Ca$ual's focus on moving forward becomes tireless. The song "Coffin" deals with the fears of losing everything you've built, "Gratitude" is all about the band grinding, and "The Harm" has the band putting on a tough-guy persona with the lyrics "Shit has to get ugly before it gets real / That's the harm." Even with the intensity of most of the songs on Rare Form, the band finds a moment to inject a little humor and nostalgia into the EP's sixth track "Otto." Ca$ual decides to close out the song by screaming "Now you've got a friend in the diamond business," the tagline of the Shane Company commercials that plagued every commercial radio station in the US.
For those you unfamiliar with Ca$ual, the band's longest song is all of one minute and 36 seconds ("Coffin"). Even with that short of a time-frame, they cram as much in as possible. Whether it's the blast beats on "Powerball" or guitarist Deano Erickson's frenzied solo on "How It Is," Ca$ual follows up each moment with a relentless one-two punch.
With 10 songs in 11 minutes, Rare Form is all muscle. It's constantly throwing riff after noisy, chaotic riff giving you no time to catch your breath before picking up again. If you ever needed an excuse to put on a pair of Doc Martens and dawn a battle vest, Ca$ual gives it to you right here with Rare Form.
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