These days it seems hard for a band to avoid the never-ending landfill of plastic trends and worn out cliches that are rampant in today’s musical landscape. Luckily for us there are still bands like Canada’s IVS that remain true to what made punk rock so great in the first place. It’s like a mad scientist took the best elements of 90’s melodic punk, added catchy metal-influenced riffs, threw them into a magical musical blender, and out popped the tunes of IVS. While still a young band (Their debut release was in 2008) there’s no questioning this quintet’s potential. IVS manages to draw collectively from their influences without being a carbon copy of them or resorting to cheesy song lyrics or themes. Fans of the speed and melody so prevalent in the 90’s epifat era are going to like what they here so go to their MySpace and give them a listen.
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