Album review: UNCULTIVATES- This Will Become Clear Later, Like The French Revolution

Cowboys and hardcore probably weren’t on your bingo card for 2026, but here we are. Against all logic UNCULTIVATES’ brilliantly-titled debut This Will Become Clear Later, Like The French Revolution, turns out to be a rootin’ good time. Crunching riffs and mathy hardcore chaos collide with saloon-door swagger to create something genuinely distinctive from this Irish quartet.

Things get off to a perfectly unhinged start with Intro, which opens on a barroom jaunt before frontman Dr. Eli Gravedigger howls 'Give me your attention!' Seconds later, the song detonates into a full-blown western bar fight, with a hulking riff swinging in and smashing a beer bottle clean over your head. It sets the tone for a record that thrives on sudden left turns and violent momentum shifts.

UNCULTIVATES’ unpredictable absurdity shines brightest on tracks like I Am Your God Your Father And Your Boss and Every Day I Wake Up On The Bonnet Of A Different Car, where frantic structures and barked vocals teeter between anxiety attack and punchline.

Midway through, Interlude offers a welcome breather, drifting in on a soothing country melody as the latest outlaw saunters into town. It’s brief, and makes the next onslaught hit harder. That comes via Flatley (yes, inspired by Riverdance wizard Michael and his supernatural feet.) It’s one of the album’s standout moments – a lurching, high-energy rager that’ll have limbs flailing in the pit rather than tapping politely. Dread First follows as a one-and-a-half-minute belter, designed to slap you senseless and move on without apology.

Closer The Ice Bed World Tour Of North America ties things up in suitably chaotic fashion, though by this point the tricks are familiar. This Will Become Clear Later… is huge fun and bursting with personality, but it can feel a bit samey by the end. Still, as debut statements go, it's a hardcore hoedown.

Verdict: 3/5

For Fans of: Refused, Gama Bomb, The Dillinger Escape Plan

This Will Become Clear Later, Like The French Revolution is out on February 6 via Horsebox Records