Gnarwolves - 2012 CRU

Band : Gnarwolves

Album : CRU

Release Year : 2012

Genre : Hardcore | Punk

Tracklist :

1. History Is Bunk
2. We Want The Whip
3. Community, Stability, Identity
4. A Gram Is Better Than A Damn
5. Oh, Brave New World!
6. Coffee

Six tracks of gruff pop punk from the best new band in the UK. Perfect party summer record that will appeal for fans of Daytrader, Title Fight, Bangers.

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Saves the Day - 2011 Daytrotter Session

Band : Saves the Day

Album : Daytrotter Session

Release Year : 2011

Genre : Pop Punk | Punk | Emo

Tracklist :

1 Daytrotter
2 Freakish
3 Deranged & Desperate
4 Tomorrow Too Late
5 O

It takes a lot to get it right. And by it, we mean everything or we mean some things - just enough things to make it seem like everything. There are moments that you toast to and then there are those that were utter flops. You don't want to think about them ever again, you don't want to see them replayed back for you and you wish that you could just plain forget - one clean whitewashing right over them. The ones that we toast are those rare birds. We treat them with the utmost reverence, with big eyes and awe. They are the ones that calm our jitters and keep us from breaking out into hives at the thought of our age, our current loneliness and our emotional resume.

Chris Conley, the lead singer for the legendary New Jersey emo band Saves The Day, knows his way around the complexities of getting it right. He's had himself his fair share of freakouts, and then some. He's made a point of writing about these with candor and in such details that almost make the moments more vibrant and alive on paper than they might have been when they were being originally experienced. His songs are the wellsprings of emotions and thoughts that weren't quite formulated yet when he was in the heat of them. The buds for the prose were there, getting knocked against his walls, getting torn up, getting encouraged, getting discouraged and then suddenly finding themselves left out in an abandoned room, panting heavy breaths and wiping at that little sprig of dried blood at the corner of the mouth or at the base of an ear. They're left there wondering what in the hell just happened and why does whatever it is feel so hollow?

Conley writes from the perspective of someone who is helplessly human. Everyone should write from this place - if they were genuine - but not enough do. To be helplessly human is to admit to some form of defeat, knowing full well that, while capable of a lot, you're incapable of even more than you could ever imagine and you're just going to have to live with that. It's all easier said than done and that's where the real struggles come in. It's never easy to realize that most things are designed to be hard and you're just going to have to deal with them. It's not easy to realize that you're the way you are and most others aren't like you. You're not going to be compatible with most people and that can be fractious and ugly. Saves The Day has always trafficked in the very blood, guts and bones way that we are as people. We live, we bleed and cry and love and laugh a lot and then - at some point - we die. There are all kinds of variations, those wrinkles that make certain aspects of those things better or worse, but that's about all there is out there and we either adapt or cope. In one of his older songs - "Freakish," from 2001's "Stay What You Are" - Conley sings one of his most famous lines, "The only thing I know is awkward silence." It's a beautiful badge of insecurity and it's long been his coat of arms. The awkward silence will always be there in some form. It lives and it bleeds, right there alongside of us. -Sean Moeller

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Candy Hearts - 2010 Ripped Up Jeans and Silly Dreams

Band : Candy Hearts

Album : Ripped Up Jeans and Silly Dreams

Release Year : 2010

Genre : Indie | Pop-Punk

Tracklist :

 1. What I Want
2. Blocking The Sunshine
3. You And Me
4. Flashers Flashing
5. Hiding From My Friends
6. Why
7. Without Caffeine
8. What You Want
9. Punk Songs
10. Red Balloon
11. Anything
12. Size Of The Moon
13. Cracks Beneath Closed Doors

Every once in a short while, a song finds its way into your ear canal and hits you just right. Like a good bowl of warm mac n' cheese that makes your belly glow with delight, you feel like this special song deserves not only a good home in your memory bank, but like that hearty bowl of yum-yum, you want everyone else you love to enjoy it with you. It's so gosh-darn wonderful, you almost feel as if you're disrespecting everyone you care about for not hearing this nugget of beauty.

Candy Hearts is that bowl of mac n' cheese: they write the songs you want to play in a boombox that you hold up outside the window of the girl you love; they sing the lyrics you pen on your notebook during math lectures; they are the melodies ice cream trucks chime out for all children to run to. The Purchase, NY quartet's full-length debut is composed of 13 songs that are cute, bouncy and will make you swoon more than the first time Michelle Tanner popped her thumb up and said, "You got it, dude." Don't think this is Kidz Bop for the Hipster Generation - this is like great modern pop-infused rock music with a timely bounce that makes you feel like you're on a trampoline even when you're standing still.

Lemuria meets Matthew Sweet meets Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer. Whimsical, cute, but not too choke-on-your-own-vomit cute (see: Nicky & Alex from "Full House"), Candy Hearts pretty much gives you an indication in their band name and album title, but blows you away with how much fun you're having once they begin. You'll feel like you're on a swingset in your own bedroom as "Blocking the Sunshine" dares you to not roll down a grassy hill. "Flashing Flashers," "Red Balloon" and "Hiding From My Friends" should be played at all friendly get-togethers for the rest of time - they've got so much pip, so much zest, it's like running through a sprinkler naked. Candy Hearts never wants you to lose that warm feeling, and it's supported by a female sensibility as well as a tightly-wound but pleasantly tame backing band.

Mariel Loveland (even her name is adorable!) is honest, gentle and finds vulnerability in any easygoing listener; to locate that soft spot and make you feel like a goofy teenager trying out new songs in your garage over summer isn't something many modern vocalists can do (even if their goal is to make you feel "like a kid again") - Loveland's melodies, words and composure make you embrace it without feeling like she's overbearing. "You and Me" is like a bonfire ballad about crushes, recalling Friday nights staring at the telephone, knowing something could blossom if you could only pinpoint the right words... even if they seem wrong. Every syllable she sings is for the young at heart, those who still sense the honest exposure we had as a summertime teenager in love - not just with someone else, but our entire uncertainty.

Everything comes out fast and fuzzy, like a baby ostrich with adult legs. At first, you might find it a bit too cut-and-dry, yet what really makes everything sparkle is the earnest sentiment in all its simplicity. It's not an overproduced, super-polished romp through a weekend. Ripped Up Jeans & Silly Dreams barely stretches over half an hour, but packs an entire summer break into that time without theatrics. This is the band's first output, so to have this be their introduction is a heck of a feat. "I'm still young and I want to stay in the sun." Practical wisdom that's easy to adhere to - and even more fun to blast into your ears whether you're downing a warm bowl of mac or munchin' on a snocone. Either way, it's the youthfulness we've never quite grown out of that keeps us less than perfect - so you might as well enjoy yourself. -Chris Fallon

 

 

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Candy Hearts - 2011 Everything's Amazing and Nobody's Happy

Band : Candy Hearts

Album : Everything's Amazing and Nobody's Happy

Release Year : 2011

Genre : Indie | Pop-Punk

Tracklist :

1. Tongue Tied
2. Lighter Than The Air
3. She’s So Cool
4. Good Enough
5. Sleepy Kisses
6. Asbury Park
7. When I’m With You
8. Something Special
9. Jawbreaker
10. What I’m Made Of
11. I Want Out
12. Everything’s Alright

Mariel Loveland fronts the band Candy Hearts with her refreshing light vocals. Singing evocative stories around a sound made big in the 90s. Both in sound and in lyrics, Everything’s Amazing and Nobody’s Happy brings about a nostalgic twelve songs. Each song feels like it’s the missing track from the 10 Things I Hate About You Soundtrack. They’re not mushy, obscure love songs, but rather specific points that paint the picture as she sings quirky lines of true experience like “I remember riding in your car/ without a seatbelt” and “Had a kind of a day/ that makes me just want to sleep.” And for some reason almost every song mentions a car, but I digress. Christina Picciano pumps out rock beats on the drums offering a rock-like rhythm to Christian Stefos’ backing bass licks all while the light guitar riffs of Kris Hayes keeps it all in check.

Too clean to call punk and too original to classify as pop, Candy Hearts evokes a memorable feeling of when the world referred to their sound as just “alternative.” The twelve fluid tracks are refreshing in light of the repetition that seems to be streaming forth from the pop world. The bouncing, rolling tracks deliver a retrospective punch as if meant to solidify the relevance of our youth.  In a fun, addictive way, we all want to go back to those days where we cruised around listening to the bands that made us feel like their music was meant for us. As we all grow up, we have the memories and now Candy Hearts; they do a great job of making it sound like their singing to me, but I can share. -nanobotrock

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New Creases - 2010 About Last Night

Band : New Creases

Album : About Last Night

Release Year : 2010

Genre : Pop Punk | Punk Rock

Tracklist :

1. Come Around
2. French Perfume
3. Northeast Pull
4. Drive Away

Traffic Street Records along with No Breaks Records unleashes another record your ears will love. New Creases their fast, their catchy and they’ve got female and male vocals so there’s something for everyone here. From start to finish this record is solid. This will fill that empty rock/pop/punk hole you have inside of you, at least for a while. Plus it’s got pretty great cover art on it.
About Last Night... is New Creases' first new material since their s/t CDEP in 2009. Four new anthems about being stuck in cities and patterns, for better or worse, and just trying to figure out which one of those applies on a given day. If you're a fan of The Measure (SA), Rumspringer, or Through Being Cool-era Saves the Day, do yourself a favor and pick up this record.

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New Creases - 2009 New Creases

Band : New Creases

Album : New Creases

Release Year : 2009

Genre : Pop Punk | Punk Rock

Tracklist :

01 New Creases
02 Not Coming With
03 Covered Bridges
04 The Boat Dreams From the Hill 'JawBreaker Cover'
05 Wild Knives

Five great songs from Columbus, Ohio! Boy/girl vocals; super catchy! Some of this really reminds me of Black Rainbow, without the growly vocals. Actually, could picture this band touring with any Iggy-Scam-backed band—Shotwell, Black Rainbow, Onion Flavored Rings—all of this is just another way of saying that I really, really like this band! Plus a great Jawbreaker cover (“The Boat Dreams from the Hill”). If it were a cereal, it’d be Frosted Flakes! More punk rock than pop punk, but with plenty of sugar-coated melodic yumminess!

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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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ROCKMINI - 2010 We're Fucking Werewolves

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Band : ROCKMINI

Album : We're Fucking Werewolves
Release Year : 2010

Genre : Hardcore | Pop Punk | Freestyle

Tracklist :

01 We're Fucking Werewolves
02 Dangerous Laser In The Turbulence Summer Raw Party
03 Hilda
04 Don't Be Afraid To Be Fat
05 Let Me Kill You Fuddy Duddy
06 Sex Education
07 Hilda (Acoustic) Feat Dana Verssa
08 The Last Werewolf

ROCKMINI are a Indonesian Freestyle Band from (DCHC) Depok, west java - Indonesia, who formed in 2003. They played style of music that fused hardcore and punk, known as punk rock on thier first ep album - but they have taken on a more hardcore style and electronic with their latest album. If you like kind of cheer up song with the break down beat, you should check this one out, that's so much surprising beat that you couldn't expect. Well, enjoy it!!
Current Members : Alen | Rendy | Aris | Kemal

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Fight Fair - 2008 Settle The Score (Reissue)

Band : Fight Fair

Album : Settle The Score (Reissue)

Release Year : 2008

Genre : Hardcore | Pop Punk

Tracklist : 

1. Game On
2. Brain Freeze
3. San Diego
4. Pop Rocks
5. For The Win
6. Settle The Score
7. Beachfront Avenue
8. Your True Colors

San Diego, Calif. crew Fight Fair dishes out autotuned easycore with a dash of dancefloor electronics sprinkled around. Think New Found Glory mashed up with Hellogoodbye. Not bad enough? OK, fine, dick, pretend they sound like 3OH!3. On their Triple Crown debut, Settle the Score, Fight Fair serves up eight such indistinguishable craptastic tunes.
The group’s formula is simple: Start with overproduced pop-punk, add breakdowns, and throw in some studio vocal tricks. Oh, cute, that sounds like a vocoder. Oh wow, “Pop Rocks” opens with a Kool-Aid reference for no particular reason. The result: an unholy abomination! Kill it before it breeds!

Here’s the part where I try to say something nice in the interest of being fair and/or balanced, and I suppose I owe a band named Fight Fair as much. Fight Fair… they uh… hrm. Wait, OK, I got it. They definitely seem to understand their sound. The songs take on all the adolescent talking points: chicks, posers, and this thing called vinyl? I hear all albums sound better on it, even if they were digitally recorded. And the group shows some flashes of brilliance with their hooks, especially with the title track and “Beachfront Ave.” You might hate this band, but those choruses are still going to be stuck in your brain.

But being catchy and being good are two different things. Just look at ad jingles. And while Fair Fight does a decent job at synthesizing pop-punk and hardcore, it’s still laughable whenever the group tries leaning towards breakdowns and anything gruffer than nasally vocals. Based on their lyrics and the “Pop Rocks” music video, Fight Fair seems to like movie references. So here’s one: “I’m getting too old for this shit.”

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Saves the Day - 2006 Sound The Alarm

Band : Saves the Day

Album : Sound The Alarm

Release Year : 2006

Genre : Pop Punk / Punk / Emo

Tracklist :

1. Head For The Hills
2. The End
3. Shattered
4. Eulogy
5. Dying Day
6. 34
7. Say You'll Never Leave
8. Diseased
9. Don't Know Why
10. Sound The Alarm
11. Bones
12. Delusional
13. Hell Is Here

The album stumbles around, almost defining itself through losing the perfectly melodic sound this band had held close to heart in earlier albums. The songs are a welcome mix of fast and slow, with the only obvious slow track being "Don't Know Why." The aptly titled album holds a certain urgency, as if any minute through the listen a certain tragedy will strike. It's an anticipation that pays off well, with the closing track stating the simple fact that everyone you know will someday die.

The record suceeds most in being an album, and not a collection of songs assembled. Thematically, musically, lyrically; everything in this record coheres brilliantly in a sickeningly desperate way. Chris Conley has contrived a sort of destitute masterpiece, singing sorrow-filled pop songs with an aggression that is subtle enough to be enjoyable without being overkill. 

Any faults would be found in some of the overly poppy tracks, such as "Dying Day," where such morose lyrics are not as well-suited for such jumpy songs. However, that's not to say the songs are not enjoyable; just not as great as the rest.

For me, the standout is the title track. "Sound the Alarm" accomplishes everything the album sets out to in brilliant fashion, showing a return to a form that Saves the Day was best at, but also showing the band has room to grow, possibly away from the verse/chorus/breakdown/end formula they've come to work with so well. This isn't the Saves the Day that everyone knew five years ago, and it's not the Saves the Day everyone wrote off two years ago; this is a welcome change that should not only have old fans glad to hear, but probably turn quite a few heads along the way.

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Stay Ahead Of The Weather - 2010 We Better Get Goin' If We're Gonna

Band : Stay Ahead Of The Weather

Album : We Better Get Goin' If We're Gonna

Release Year : 2010

Genre : Pop Punk / Emo

Tracklist : 

1. Get Old Or Die Tryin'
2. Impressions & Impressing People
3. Sorority Social Suicide
4. No Sleep Till Humboldt
5. Butchering A Back Catalog

Stay Ahead of the Weather may be veterans of the Chicago DIY scene, but damn they know how to entice. Besides the alluring art, forewarnings of excellence grace the band’s first output like ribbons. Every master of gift-receiving will tell you the most decisive factor in pre-determining a present’s worth-- who’s the giver? In this case, We Better Get Goin' If We're Gonna reaches ears a la No Sleep Records, one of the year’s foremost labels, home to La Dispute, The Felix Culpa, Balance and Composure, among others. Not quite sold yet? Let’s begin the unwrapping process, because Stay Ahead’s rookie EP is a celebratory, energetic extravaganza, batteries included.
Instead of lacing their tunes with breakdowns or gimmicks that seem to be all the rage in pop-punk these days, Stay Ahead’s approach is straight-to-the-gut. Punches are not pulled as hectic guitars lines and a frenzy of melodious choruses inhabit We Better Get Goin' If We're Gonna. It’s endearing, the band’s ability to revert back to pop-punk’s no-frills origins with enough grace to keep the act entirely fresh. Buzzy guitars and driving percussion are prominent-- think Park minus the whine. Raw and cutting, Stay Ahead’s musicianship is focused and invigorating, never falling victim to tedium. The influence and similarities of Stay Ahead’s tourmates Snowing, My Heart to Joy, and Street Smart Cyclist is evident throughout, especially in the first two tracks, as they astound with sheer energy. Fresh and lively, there’s nary a second of downtime on the five tracks; and while it works spectacularly in this instance, it’s the type of monotony that’s worrisome when translating to a full album.

Nevertheless, take Stay Ahead of the Weather for the band it is at this moment, and you’re bound to unwrap a present worth holding on to. There’s a lovable grit to We Better Get Goin' If We're Gonna throughout, evidencing the low-budget circumstances of the EP’s recording. “No Sleep Till Humboldt” displays a less bold sound from the band, but gang vocals flow in seamlessly towards the back half. It’s a small gesture, but tiny enhancements like this are what make all the difference in a genre ridden with uniformity, let me know that the EP at hand is special. The most protruding strength is the Stay Ahead of the Weather’s ability to develop such an energetic, vibrant sound while remaining focused, a skill-set taken for granted far too often. Only time will tell if Stay Ahead of the Weather have given us the sort of present that gets old by the time the Christmas lights go away ‘til next winter, but an ephemeral five impressive tracks prove We Better Get Goin' If We're Gonna is a keeper for the moment.

 

 

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Saves the Day - 1999 Through Being Cool

Band : Saves the Day

Album : Through Being Cool

Release Year : 1999

Genre : Pop Punk / Punk / Emo

Tracklist :

1. All-Star Me
2. You Vandal
3. Shoulder to the Wheel
4. Rocks Tonic Juice Magic
5. Holly Hox, Forget Me Nots
6. Third Engine
7. My Sweet Fracture
8. The Vast Spoils of America (from the Badlands Through the Ocean)
9. The Last Lie I told
10. Do You Know What I Love the Most
11. Through Being Cool
12. Banned from the Back Porch

Welcome to Saves the Day, the ever changing ball of clay. Saves the Day has gone through many transformations in their 10 or so years of existence, including many new members and many new sound. Most people are familiar with STD's later works... songs like "At Your Funeral" and "Anywhere With You", both from albums released during their "post-millennium" era. Don't get me wrong, I love all of their work, and the album Stay What You Are is excellent, but where Saves the Day really shines is pre-2000... If you take a look back there, 1999 to be exact, you'll find a wonderful gem, compounded with everything that defines Saves the Day and who they are today - they called it Through Being Cool.

 

 

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Saves The Day - 2001 Stay What You Are

Band : Saves the Day

Album : Stay What You Are

Release Year : 2001

Genre : Pop Punk / Punk / Emo

Tracklist :

1. At Your Funeral
2. See You
3. Cars & Calories
4. Certain Tragedy
5. Jukebox Breakdown
6. Freakish
7. As Your Ghost Takes Flight
8. Nightingale
9. All I'm Losing Is Me
10. This is Not an Exit
11. Firefly

The only reason why i posting this album is just because i really love it. Yeahhh, Stay What You Are is the long live album, the best that Saves The Day ever made!! All of the songs in this album is easy listening, and keep round around inside my head after almost 11 years i listen to it!!

For those that like Pop-Punk, Saves the Day's Stay What You Are is mana from heaven. If you've heard it before, chances are that there are some wonderful memories tied in with this album, and for those that never have, give it a chance to find its way in to some of your life's favorite moments.

 

 

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New Found Glory and Dashboard Confessional - 2010 Swiss Army Bro-Mance Limited Edition Tour Split)

Band : New Found Glory and Dashboard Confessional

Album : Swiss Army Bro-Mance Limited Edition Tour Split)

Release Year : 2010

Genre : Pop Punk / Emo

Tracklist :

1. "The Swiss Army Romance" (Dashboard Confessional)
2. "Saints and Sailors" (Dashboard Confessional)
3. "Better Off Dead" (New Found Glory)
4. "All About Her" 

Swiss Army Bro-Mance is a limited edition split EP by American rock bands New Found Glory and Dashboard Confessional.

The EP was made available for purchase on February 1, 2010 via Epitaph Records. The tracks were recorded in September 2009 and were initially scheduled to be available at the bands headline shows, which were later cancelled and replaced with an acoustic tour.

New Found Glory cover "The Swiss Army Romance" and "Saints and Sailors" in their trademark fast tempo style, while Dashboard Confessional cover the former's "Better Off Dead" and "All About Her" with significantly different electronic versions.

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Chemical Vocation - 2008 A Misfit In Progress

Band : Chemical Vocation

Album : A Misfit In Progress

Release Year : 2008

Genre : Pop Punk / Emo

Tracklist : 

1. Pencils And Papers
2. A Misfit In Progress
3. Backseat Driver
4. Walls
5. The Beautiful Truth
6. This Town
7. Small Steps Backwards
8. The Test Of Time
9. Ready,Set,Go
10. Lost And Found 

 

The style of this band will not be for everyone, as they are a fairly stereotypical emo band. However, they do it in such a way that several other bands of the same variety are left by the wayside. Even if you don't like this sort of music I would recommend trying A Misfit in Progress, as Chemical Vocation have the ability to be huge.

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Rufio - 2010 The Loneliest EP

Band : Rufio

Album : The Loneliest EP

Release Year : 2010

Genre : Pop Punk / Melodic

Tracklist : 

1. All That Lasts
2. The Loneliest
3. All that Lasts (acoustic)
4. The Loneliest (acoustic)

 

Yeah, we've heard it before. "Don't you remember when pop-punk had actual PUNK sound in it?" Yes, yes, we pop-punk fans are broken records. Can you imagine the excitement when we found out when pop-punk stalwarts Rufio were recording new material? You couldn't fathom. The first sign of life from them is The Loneliest EP. From the second the song clips were put on Amazon, I was salivating. Now that I have it, the review will be short and sweet, just like the EP.
The EP kicks off with "All That Lasts", which sounds like a song in between MCMLXXXV and The Comfort of Home. It's fast, and it's definitely Rufio's strong suit, which is what we were all hoping for. The second track is the extremely well done pop-rock title track. It's a damn catchy track, and you can tell how far the band has come from a songwriting standpoint, even if it is just Scott and Clark who are left.
Speaking of that, drummer Terry Stirling and Taylor Albaugh definitely hold their own. The guitars once again sound excellent; if they didn't, they wouldn't be Rufio, would they? Terry Stirling's drum work is fast and tight, and it's on park with Mike Jimenez. Taylor's bass lines, though, are kind of run of the mill. Jon Berry's presence was definitely felt on previous Rufio releases, but they also sound just fine without him. Scott's vocals are vastly improved, the hint of youth in his voice is almost gone, and he sounds like the true singer he was always capable of being. The production was good, but I feel like the mix was too even, when they could have turned up the guitars and bass a bit to give their stellar guitar parts a bit more life.
The EP ends with two acoustic tracks of the two previous tracks, and that concept kind of bummed me out. Well, it bummed me out until I listened to the tracks. These acoustic versions weren't just a tacked-on afterthought. They sound great, and you'll have a hard time skipping them.
All in all, Rufio is back. Even from a 4-song (technically 2-song) EP, you can definitely tell how large their range as songwriters has gotten.

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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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Dangers - 2010 Messy, Isn't It

Band : Dangers

Album : Messy, Isn't It

Release Year : 2010

Genre : Hardcore / Punk / Chaotic

Tracklist:

1. Stay-At-Home Mom
2. I'll Clap When I'm Impressed
3. Pyramid Of Empties
4. Saved By The Buoyancy of Citrus
5. Check, Please
6. Opposable
7. Cure For Cancer
8. Cure For Aids
9. Straight As She Wants To Be
10. Under The Affluence
11. Teenage Porno Hunter
12. Goliath
13. (Messy, Isn't It?)
14. Bottom Of The Ninth Ward
15. Tarantula Type
16. What Goes Up
17. No Vonneguts, No Glory

18. (Love Poem)
19. The El Segundo Blue Habital Preserve

 

Southern California's Dangers represent a balance of heaviness and intelligence found in very little hardcore music today. Comparisons are pointless as the group neither strives for originality nor imitation. They just play music they feel should aid the topics they have written about. Dangers' previous record 'Anger' seemed to revolve around the ideas of cathartic resolution through mediated aggression. The band seemed to be aching to get across their views and judgements on a world gone awry. 'Messy, Isn't It' takes a different approach. Rather than trying to force their ideas upon the listener Dangers just lets them be known. The instrumental side of 'Messy, Isn't It' is also an improvement in similar ways. 'Anger' relied on tracks that were diverse, but pretty strict when it came to song structure. 'Messy, Isn't It' blends a penchant for untraditional song structures with a more sophisticated style of heaviness. The change in the musical side of Dangers is unsurprising as the line-up has shifted a few times since 2005's 'Anger,' most notably is the inclusion of Justin Smith of Graf Orlock fame on lead guitar.

 

 

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Cinematic Sunrise - 2008 A Coloring Storybook And Long Playing Record (Reissue EP)

Band : Cinematic Sunrise

Album : A Coloring Storybook And Long Playing Record (Reissue EP)

Release Year : 2008

Genre : Emo / Pop Punk / Indie

Tracklist:

1. Pulling A Piano From A Pond
2. Goodbye Friendship, Hello Heartache
3. Umbrellas And Elephants
4. Our Honeymoon At Weston Hills
5. The Wordless
6. You Told Me You Loved Me
7. Crossing Our Fingers For The Summer
8. If Lilly Isn't Back By Sunset

One might think that juggling two bands - and two different touring schedules, for that matter - as Craig Owens and Bradley Bell do with Chiodos and Detroit, Michigan’s Cinematic Sunrise, would cause some major headaches. Fortunately, the pair’s pop-rock project is strictly about having a good time and making music that is innocent and fun to play. “Basically, the whole idea - everything about Cinematic Sunrise - is just happy and fun. And there’s nothing more fun than coloring,” explains vocalist Craig Owens about the decision to include a coloring book with their aptly titled debut EP A Coloring Storybook and Long Playing Record, illustrated by Rob Dobi.

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Saves the Day - 2010 1984 EP

Band : Saves the Day

Album : 1984 EP

Release Year : 2010

Genre : Pop Punk / Punk / Emo

Tracklist :

01 1984
02 Let It All Go (Acoustic)
03 Driving in the Dark (Acoustic)
04 Hold
05 Stay

Let me be the first to say that Saves the Day will never be the same since that little Conley kid grew up and stopped having so much angst and sadness and shit.  The 1984 EP is the best of both worlds, if you are into that kind of thing.  I can honestly say that I enjoy their newest release a lot, but mostly because I am a huge fan of the song Hold.  The only way they could have perfected this EP is by adding an electric version of Jesse and my Whetstone and I could die happy.  Be aware that I am yet again very stoned and this might sound stupid.  I will figure it out tomorrow.

 

 

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