The Blood Brothers - 2009 Young Machetes (Re-Issue) [Deluxe Edition]

Band : The Blood Brothers

Album : Young Machetes (Re-Issue) [Deluxe Edition]

Release Year : 2009

Genre : Post-Hardcore | Screamo | Experimental

Tracklist : 

Disc 1 :
01. Set Fire to the Face on Fire
02. We Ride Skeletal Lightning
03. Laser Life
04. Camouflage, Camouflage
05. You're the Dream Unicorn!
06. Vital Beach
07. Spit Shine Your Black Clouds
08. 1, 2, 3, 4 Guitars
09. Lift the Veil, Kiss the Tank
10. Nausea Shreds Yr Head
11. Rat Rider
12. Johnny Ripper
13. Huge Gold AK-47
14. Street Wars/Exotic Foxholes
15. Giant Swan

Disc 2 :
01. Laser Life (Nick Zinner Remix)
02. Nausea Shreds Yr Head (Gajamagic Remix)
03. Street Wars/Exotic Foxholes (Gajamagic Remix)
04. We Ride Skeletal Lightning (Live On KXLU)
05. Laser Life (Live on KXLU)
06. Camouflage, Camouflage (Live on KXLU)
07. Lift the Veil, Kiss the Tank (Live on KXLU)
08. Vital Beach (Live on KXLU)
09. You're the Dream Unicorn! (Live on KXLU)
10. Giant Swan (Live on KXLU)

Continuing to change course they moved back a bit to their louder punk sound and yet still managed to keep the album as catchy as Crimes was. The Bonus disc gives you the three remixes that were featured on the two singles, in order, Set Fire To the Face On Fire and Laser Life, and then gives you six live radio show recordings from KXLU in 2006. Needless to say it’s interesting to hear any of their songs live, especially with decent recording. You also get the videos for the tracks Laser Life and Set Fire To the Face On Fire. Notable tracks: Spit Shine Your Black Clouds, We Ride Skeletal Lightning, and Laser Life.

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The Blood Brothers - 2009 Crimes (Re-Issue) [Deluxe Edition]

Band : The Blood Brothers

Album : Crimes (Re-Issue) [Deluxe Edition]

Release Year : 2009

Genre : Post-Hardcore | Screamo | Experimental

Tracklist : 

Disc 1 :
01. Feed Me to the Forest
02. Trash Flavored Trash
03. Love Rhymes with Hideous Car Wreck
04. Peacock Skeleton with Crooked Feathers
05. Teen Heat
06. Rats and Rats and Rats for Candy
07. Crimes
08. My First Kiss at the Public Execution
09. Live at the Apocalypse Cabaret
10. Beautiful Horses
11. Wolf Party
12. Celebrator
13. Devastator

Disc 2 :
01. Ladies and Gentlemen (off the 'Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck' single)
02. Metronomes (off the 'Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck' single)
03. Crimes - Alt. Version (off the 'Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck' EP)
04. Peacock Skeleton With Crooked Feathers - Alt. Version (off the 'Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck' EP)
05. Anthrax - Remix (off the Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck ep)
06. Love Rhymes with Hideous Car Wreck - Live (off the 'Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck' EP)
07. Trash Flavored Trash (Live at Reading Festival 2005)
08. Peacock Skeleton with Crooked Feathers (Live at Reading Festival 2005)
09. My First Kiss at the Public Execution (Live at Reading Festival 2005)
10. Live at the Apocalypse Cabaret (Live at Reading Festival 2005)
11. Rats and Rats and Rats for Candy (Live at Reading Festival 2005)
12. Teen Heat (Live at Reading Festival 2005)

which is my favorite release from the Blood Brothers to date. It just showed them growing, expanding and refining their sound, while remaining true to themselves and the music. The reissue gives you a second disc of material to mull over. The first five tracks are from their E.P. “Love Rhymes with a Hideous Car Wreck”,if you already have that E.P. don’t throw it away quite yet as one of the tracks doesn’t appear. namely their remix of the song “Anthrax”. From track five on they placed live material from the Reading Festival 2005. All of them are soundboard recordings, and are mixed very well (but where’s Beautiful Horses and Crimes to fully recreate the show?). Also on the bonus disc is the video for Love Rhymes with a Hideous Car Wreck. Notable tracks from this release are: Crimes (my favorite), Teen Heat – Live (Reading Festival 2005) [Bonus Track], My First Kiss At The Public Execution, and Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck.

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The Blood Brothers - 2009 Burn Piano Island Burn (Reissue)

Band : The Blood Brothers

Album : Burn Piano Island Burn (Reissue)

Release Year : 2009

Genre : Post-Hardcore / Screamo / Experimental

Tracklist : 

01. Guitarmy
02. Fuckings Greatest Hits
03. Burn, Piano Island, Burn
04. Every Breath Is A Bomb
05. Ambulance Vs. Ambulance
06. USA Nails
07. Cecilia And The Silhouette Saloon
08. Six Nightmares At The Pinball Masquerade
09. The Salesman, Denver Max
10. I Know Where The Canaries And The Crows Go
11. God Bless You, Blood Thirsty Zeppelins
12. The Shame
13. Cecilia And The Silhouette Saloon (live)
14. Tarantulas 

 

This Adultery Is Ripe was a plan for how The Blood Brothers were going to sound. By the time they had released March on Electric Children and Burn Piano Island, Burn, they really knew what ehey were doing. The great thing about The Blood Brothers is that they can match the intensity of the craziest bands out there, including metal bands. But while their music has this intensity, it is full of melody, clever and witty lyrics and complex and techinical rhythms. On the top of this is Johnny Whitney's unique, intense and humerous vocals. The lyrics of Burn Piano Island, Burn switch between the odd but clever ("Melting on the shore inside a flame snow globe" ) and the downright silly and funny ("With a face like that you're never ever gonna make it big" ). The interplay between the two vocalists is nothing short of incredible and with these lyrics, the songs couldn't be better. The best part about this music is that within the insanity and chaos of the music, there are tons of catchy hooks and melodies. A great example is the standout "USA Nails". Whitney screams at the top of his voice, "1-900 USA!!", a line which sticks in the listeners head forever, as well as the main guitar riff from the song.

Burn Piano Island, Burn acheives something many bands never acheieve in their entire careers. The album manages to have 12 songs which are never bad. At the same time, there are quite a few standout points throughout the album. The intro track, the very short "Guitarmy" is one of the albums best with Whitney and Billie screaming such rebellious and hilarious lyrics (Do you remember us? We wrapped your Corvette in cellophane, set it aflame) and the band's muscians belting out great riffs and rhythms in perfect sync with each other. Also making great use of occasional keyboards, Johnny Whitney plays some cool electric piano riffs throughout the album (most notably on the closer, "The Shame" ). As well as chaotic screaming with every band member thrashing the hell out of their voices and instruments, The Blood Brothers make some truly excellent sing along choruses such as "laaaa la la la la la la la" on "God Bless You Blood Thirsty Zeppelins" and "I seeeee Your wife and children..." on "Ambulance vs. Ambulance". Lines like these can be sung and stick in the listener's head. Never taking themselves as seriously as most screamo bands, The Blood Brothers acheive amazing results. The album closer, "The Shame" ends as an epic and makes the album seem like it's been building towards that since the beginning. In actual fact, it's an album full of great songs that flows together and will hopefully one day be known as one of the best Hardcore albums ever made.

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