Blunt Force came together when their guitarist clocked their future vocalist’s No Time shirt at a Spectral Voice show and the two of them stayed talking for the rest of the gig. A couple projects after that never got off the ground. The break came when locals Petty Theft broke up and they could pull in their guitarist Miles, who brought his best friend Owen on bass. Drummer Chip closed the lineup.

The Philadelphia band’s first demo is now up on streaming, with a cassette pressing coming through Manic Mantra...