Motion City Soundtrack have released a clip of their song Always out of Time from the Alice in Wonderland soundtrack on their MySpace page. The album is scheduled to be released March 2nd. Their latest album My Dinosaur Life was released January 19th on Columbia Records.
Motion City Soundtrack have released a clip of their song Always out of Time from the Alice in Wonderland soundtrack on their MySpace page.
The album is scheduled to be released March 2nd.
Their latest album My Dinosaur Life was released January 19th on Columbia Records.
Massachusetts hardcore outfit Bane have released four live videos from their show at the Auburn Public Theatre in Auburn, NY. The recordings are for the songs Can We Start Again, Pot Committed, Every Effort Made, and Some Came Running. The videos can be seen by clicking here. Bane released their last full-length, Note, on Equal […]
Massachusetts hardcore outfit Bane have released four live videos from their show at the Auburn Public Theatre in Auburn, NY.
The recordings are for the songs Can We Start Again, Pot Committed, Every Effort Made, and Some Came Running.
The videos can be seen by clicking here.
Bane released their last full-length, Note, on Equal Vision Records in 2005.
Our favorite young punk rocker Nicolas Merritt is hitting the studios on March 13th according to his MySpace page. Nicolas writes, “I will be traveling back to my hometown of San Diego, CA to start working on a new EP or could turn into another album! I will be working with producer Steve Wetherbee and […]
Our favorite young punk rocker Nicolas Merritt is hitting the studios on March 13th according to his MySpace page.
Nicolas writes,
“I will be traveling back to my hometown of San Diego, CA to start working on a new EP or could turn into another album! I will be working with producer Steve Wetherbee and Traa Daniels from P.O.D. in Goldentrack Studio. You can check out the studio here www.goldentrackstudio.com. Traa will be co-producing and playing bass for me! =) My Dad will be playing guitar! We will be in the studio for 10 days recording tracks and then it will be another couple of weeks to get everything mixed and mastered.”
Nicolas has 2 shows coming up in March on the 6th in Austin,Texas and 10th in San Diego, California as well as 1 on April 10th in Austin, Texas. Keep checking back for more information as it becomes available!
Swedish punk rockers Misconduct have released the first music video for the song Closer off their upcoming album One Step Closer. Click here to watch. The new album is scheduled to be released April 12th on their new label I Scream Records.
Swedish punk rockers Misconduct have released the first music video for the song Closer off their upcoming album One Step Closer.
Click here to watch.
The new album is scheduled to be released April 12th on their new label I Scream Records.
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How do you begin a review for Four Year Strong? Really, there are tons of things to say, but nowhere to really start. Is there inventiveness worth repeating first, or should it be noted that their sound has gained weight? Are their charismatic guitar riffs the main point, or must we look at the bigger picture and consider their impact on the scene?
Their newest album, Enemy Of The World, could be looked at two ways. A solid release by Four Year Strong, which encapsulates their sound in eleven songs, OR an example setting album that strives for creative honesty and individuality while staying true to fans. Either way, Enemy Of The World is jam packed with quality, and sure to amaze anyone who favors pop-punk, hardcore, punk rock, or even emo.
Enemy Of The World see’s Four Year Strong progressing and maturing. To me, their last album, Rise Or Die Trying, lacked in heaviness. That is not to say that it wasn’t heavy, but it seemed as though Four Year Strong wanted to stick to the poppy side of things. Though there was aggression, it felt as though it wasn’t being explored to its full potential. Four Year Strong seemed to be giving up early on a good thing.
Enemy Of The World shows a change. It is an assault of guitar riffs and chunky drop D chords, and feels like the exhale of a long held in breath by the band: as if they’ve been meaning to sound like this for a while. It isn’t much “different” per se, but it is much “mature.” There are still hooks and catches all throughout the album, but they do not sound as adolescent as they did on Rise Or Die Trying.
To put it simply, Four Year Strong’s balls have dropped.
Where most bands seemed to force aggression, Four Year Strong’s sound is completely natural. Enemy Of The World is a monster that is ready to suck the blood of listeners, infecting them with anathematic choruses and a full-fledged attack of fat songs with fatter guitar tones.
The opening track It Must Really Suck To Be Four Year Strong sees the new side of FYS, while keeping fans comfortable with their poppy tone. A quick tempo’d guitar riff backs the whole song, while Dan O’Conners voice melodically scoots over a room filling drum and bass combo. While on the flipside, What The Hell Is Gigawatt has heaviness, has muscle behind it. We see vocals that border on screaming, and breakdowns galore. The middle, most forward breakdown has a eighties thrash metal feel, and pure screaming, then jumps right back in to poppy heaviness.
One Step At A Time is the usual heavily riffed, fast poppy hardcore, but when the chorus drops, there is a side of Four Year Strong that has never been heard before. It’s a melodic chorus that is sincere and honest. It is almost like a ballad in the middle of a war zone. “Cause I know it’s warmer where you are” is sung in a beautiful manner. With flowy vocals and beautiful two way singing. It’s just that one line that is sung like that, but it is so penetrating that it seems like the rest of the song is just filler until that line.
All in all, Enemy Of The World is simply a great album. Two thumbs up. It has the balls of a hardcore album, but has the melody of a pop punk record. It is Four Year Strong moving forward. Songs like Flannel Is The Color Of My Energy and Find My Way Back have an old school feel with a new age twist, proving Four Year Strong comes from tons of different influences. Enemy Of The World is destined to be a standard that bands will strive to hit with each new release. Don’t let the teeny bopper girls deter you from this album, it is a solid release with something for everyone in it.
Ambitions, comprised of members of Defeater, Energy, Daybreaker and Unforgiven, have returned from a lengthy hiatus to record some tracks for a new 7-inch. The release will be titled Surface To Air and it should be released later this spring. The band is also contributing a track (There Is A Difference) to a Chain Of […]
Ambitions, comprised of members of Defeater, Energy, Daybreaker and Unforgiven, have returned from a lengthy hiatus to record some tracks for a new 7-inch. The release will be titled Surface To Air and it should be released later this spring.
The band is also contributing a track (There Is A Difference) to a Chain Of Strength tribute 2×7-inch being released on 1124 Records (no release date given).
In a recent interview with Spinner, Bad Religion front-man Greg Graffin let slip that the band has written 16 new songs for the release, which he says is “as personal as [1993 album] Recipe for Hate.” For those of you that didn’t know, Bad Religion, will be heading into the studio in May to record […]
In a recent interview with Spinner, Bad Religion front-man Greg Graffin let slip that the band has written 16 new songs for the release, which he says is “as personal as [1993 album] Recipe for Hate.”
For those of you that didn’t know, Bad Religion, will be heading into the studio in May to record their 15th studio album.
You can check out a new song from The Real Danger on their MySpace page. The track is titled Cigarettes And Heartache and it will appear on the band’s upcoming release Making Enemies, which is slated for release March 25th on Shield Recordings.
You can check out a new song from The Real Danger on their MySpace page. The track is titled Cigarettes And Heartache and it will appear on the band’s upcoming release Making Enemies, which is slated for release March 25th on Shield Recordings.
The Mcrackins have posted a brand new track to their MySpace page. It’s titled Candy and it will appear on the band’s upcoming album It Ain’t Over Easy, which is due out March 26th on Wolverine Records.
The Mcrackins have posted a brand new track to their MySpace page. It’s titled Candy and it will appear on the band’s upcoming album It Ain’t Over Easy, which is due out March 26th on Wolverine Records.
Seattle’s Hollowpoints will be releasing their new album Old Haunts On The Horizon May 11th, 2010 on Sailor’s Grave Records. The cover art is <= there and the tracklisting is here. To get a taste for the music you can listen to God Save Anna Nicole here, and Falling Up Stairs here (both tracks will […]
Seattle’s Hollowpoints will be releasing their new album Old Haunts On The Horizon May 11th, 2010 on Sailor’s Grave Records. The cover art is <= there and the tracklisting is here. To get a taste for the music you can listen to God Save Anna Nicole here, and Falling Up Stairs here (both tracks will appear on the new album).
Fans of street punk or Swingin’ Utters should definitely give these guys a listen. In fact, Hollowpoints contributed one of the tracks (From The Observatory) to the recently released Swingin’ Utters tribute album – you can stream that song on the Hollowpoints MySpace page.
The Hollowpoints released their last full-length album, The Black Spot, in 2005.