Survival Knife was an American

post-hardcore Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression. It was initially inspired by post-punk and noise rock. Like post-punk, the term has been ...

band, which formed in early 2011. They played their first show in March 2012. The band has played shows through the

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with such groups as

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, Mosquito Hawk,

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, Kinski, and

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. They completed a west coast tour in April 2013 supporting

Modest Mouse Modest Mouse is an American rock band formed in 1992 in Issaquah, Washington, and currently based in Portland, Oregon. The founding members are lead singer/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green, and bassist Eric Judy. Strongly influenced ...

. Two members of Survival Knife,

Justin Trosper Justin Trosper is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, born in Olympia, Washington. He fronted the post-hardcore band Unwound from 1991 to 2002. He has also been a member of bands such as Replikants, The Young Ginns, and Worst ...

and Brandt Sandeno, were members of the

band

Unwound Unwound is an American post-hardcore band. The band was formed in 1988 in Tumwater, Washington, Tumwater and Olympia, Washington by vocalist/guitartist Justin Trosper, bassist Vern Rumsey and drummer Brandt Sandeno, and was largely based in Olym ...

that broke up in 2002. They released their first single, "Traces of Me" on March 5, 2013 on the US label

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. They released their debut album, ''Loose Power'' on April 30, 2014 on the US label Glacial Pace.

Discography

References

External links

Survival Knife on Subpop.comSurvival Knife on Glacialpace.com
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