ILLL COMMUNICATION Return with Vinnie Caruana-assisted New Single "Flip The Switch" from Forthcoming Full-length Debut (Safe Inside Records)

ILL COMMUNICATION (CREDIT: Matt Welch)

ILL COMMUNICATION formed in 2017, named after the classic Beastie Boys album and featuring members of THE WARRIORS, NO MOTIV, Retaliate, Diehard Youth, and Gravemaker. Now, they're set to release their first full-length album, Doomsday Brigade, later this year on March 17 Safe Inside Records. It was engineered by the band's own Roger Camero, and co-produced by The Movielife, I Am The Avalanche, Constant Elevation, and Peace'd Out's Vinnie Caruana (who's, also, in Peace'd Out with Camero) and one-time ILL COMMUNICATION member/THE WARRIORS' Donny Phillips. Caruana, also, sings on new single, "Flip The Switch," which premiered last week exclusively at BrooklynVegan. "We, living in this age of quarrel where technology and social media have become a major component of our daily lives," says vocalist Andy Franchere of the new song. "We are aware tech and social media can be used to enrich our day-to-day and stay connected, but it can, also, be a crippling addiction or the platform for hate and the apparatus to tear apart relationships."

Ill Communication · 03 Flip The Switch (ft. Vinnie Caruana)

"So, we felt it was time to put it in people's ears to "flip the switch," re-arrange your priorities, and reach out to your homies. We ain't getting any younger, so chill with your pets [and] spend time with the humans that you love. It's ILL to get time." It's an anthemic, shout-along Hardcore song and you can check it out below. ILL COMMUNICATION started as a few friends from the Oxnard & Tehachapi Hardcore scenes who had talked about making music together for over 15 years. After playing and touring across North America & Europe in bands such as Detoxi, Diehard Youth, Felled Trees, Gravemaker, NO MOTIV, and Retaliate, they named the band, wrote some music, and started playing shows together. Soon after, they recorded two EP's that where released online, as well as a one-sided 12-inch on Another City Records. All of ILL COMMUNICATION's releases 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 well as mix of other musical styles. Lyrically, addressing a variety of topics from 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 & Punk groups that helped shape the members of the band. With the aim to give back to a scene that has given them so much, ILL COMMUNICATION joined the Safe Inside Records family to start spreading their ILL vibes world-wide. Rhythms & Rhymes for The End Times was the first collaborative Safe Inside Records x ILL COMMUNICATION release. It consisted of two extremely ILL tracks featuring assists by Michelle Hunter and Matt Tyler (Discourage, Tuning) & Eric Pocock (Discourage, Little Low,) respectively. Both "Father, Son & The Illest Ghost" and "A Lecture In Survivability" stem from the sessions for ILL COMMUNICATION's forthcoming debut full-length.

ILL COMMUNICATION (CREDIT: Matt Welch)

Doomsday Brigade will mark ILL COMMUNICATION's second official, and first proper full-length, release with Safe Inside. Much like their namesake, ILL COMMUNICATION is simply about getting a little "wild" once in a while, but still staying progressive and paying respect to those who paved the way, but doing their part in the current movement, all while representing Tehachapi & Oxnard Hardcore. ILL COMMUNICATION is Matt Battiglia, Roger Camero, Andy Franchere, and Joe Martin. However, in a live scenario, ILL COMMUNICATION consists of a truncated line-up only showcasing Battiglia & Franchere assisted by a few of their Tehachapi homies. ILL COMMUNICATION has always boasted a somewhat rotating line-up, which, at one point, featured Danny Phillips, Chris Cribb, and Donny Phillips, as well. ILL COMMUNICATION's "Flip The Switch" Featuring Vinnie Caruana is now streaming exclusively on SoundCloud. Doomsday Brigade will drop sometime later this year on Safe Inside Records.