Grown Ups - 2011 Hand Holder

Band : Grown Ups

Album : Hand Holder

Release Year : 2011

Genre : Emo  | Post-Hardcore | Pop Punk

 

Tracklist :

01 Wigwam
02 Wildlife
03 Couch King
04 Well Water

Here is the long awaited new material from Grown Ups.  After listening to Songs and More Songs, I sadly was finding the songs I really enjoyed were growing old (except "Pears", still listen to that first part quite a bit).  This new material is pretty good, it certainly renews my interest in them.  The lyrics are cliche at times (if I hear more lyrics about how light is refracted or how things "ebb and flow", I don't know what I'm gonna do).  Still this is a solid band that is part of a highly popular movement, and they still bring some new feels to the table along with what made me listen to them in the first place.  I am way more excited for CSTVT's new release, especially with their newer (and better, in my opinion) sound. -sometimesigetdrunk

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Grown Ups - 2010 More Songs

Band : Grown Ups

Album : More Songs

Release Year : 2010

Genre : Emo / Post-Hardcore / Pop Punk

 

Tracklist:

1. Weed Science
2. Three Day Weekend
3. Orange Cat
4. Winter
5. Surprise Party
6. Pears
7. Johnny Edwards
8. Open Sesame
9. Spider Mansion
10. Are You Shittin' Me?

Blistering through noodling technicality and raw passion, More Songs brings the punk to emo. Somewhere in between complete throwback and refreshing uniqueness, Grown Ups are an odd bastard child of its respective influences. After 2009's Songs, More Songs brings 4 re-recorded songs and 6 brand spankin' new ones.
Most songs thunder through with a fury of double guitars panned to their respective ear buds and pounding drum beats. It's fast and raw. The tones are dry, and sustain is nowhere in sight on the drums and guitars. "Weed Science," "Three Day Weekend," an "Six More Weeks of Winter" all easily fit this shouting mold. It's rough and fast. But then a track like "Orange Cat" comes along a little slower and to not overdo their basic structures and dynamics.
For only nine tracks, the record can feel a little long at times. It leans on the same noodly, angry dynamic at almost all times, which seems a bit draining by the time "Are You Shitten Me?" comes up. It's well-crafted, but lacks that certain magic that takes a record from good to great.

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