Cruel Hand's album Prying Eyes is in the finishing stages. We were lucky enough to stop by the growing Getaway Group recording studios in Wakefield, MA.

Walking into Getaway reminds me of what I've heard Salad Days used to be like "back in the day." Jay Maas will probably become the next big name like Brian McTernan of hardcore or punk. Here's hoping. Every recording he does, he gets better. He just gets it and one of the most impressive things about him is that he doesn't sound the same from one recording to the next. With a little time, I could see him becoming one of those dudes who throws shit at bands and says "this is my fucking studio, get out if you don't agree with me" all melodramatic Metallica style. And it's all from the basement of a small house in Wakefield so he's close and I can bring him Bagel World

But back to Cruel Hand. These dudes are creating a record that, I shit you not, sounds like Madball meets Early Metallica with the Cro-Mags overseeing the sessions. The guys are tight musicians, meaning this record is what you'll get live. October 14th-Prying Eyes.