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OWEN- At Home With...
Posted January 8 | Leave a Comment
Falling from the Kinsella family tree must be a curse just as much, if not more, than it is a blessing. Yeah, ok, you get the ability to strum a mean acoustic, an achy-breaky vocal tone and rugged good looks, simply by DNA. But when you, and your nearest and dearest, have already contributed Capn Jazz, Joan Of Arc, American Football, Owls and more to the world, the pressure is always on. Luckily, fucking up is something that Owen (actually Mike Kinsella), has never managed before and he doesnt… read more
MISERY SIGNALS- Mirrors
Posted November 6 | Leave a Comment
Did anybody catch the number on that truck? Because Mirrors, the Misery Signals second record, is a fucking juggernaut. Its angry and fast but thick with ideas, its a gear-grinding but extremely clever record and it never once threatens to follow the metalcore numbers. Theres technical changes exploding everywhere, frenzied guitars, pounding drums and a new vocalist, Karl Schubach, who matches the old for gruff tone, great lyrics and a brilliant shadowy presence. The appearance of Fall Out Boy… read more
MODERN LIFE IS WAR- Witness
Posted October 2 | Leave a Comment
Man, this band are pissed off. Perhaps not in way that, if you've been busy listening to the new Trivium single, you'll recognise or fully understand. But there's enough naked anger here to fuel hardcore for the next decade. Except that Modern Life Is War don't want much to do with that particular genre at all. Where their previous album, 'My Love, My Way', excelled at pushing Modern Life Is War away from hardcore cliches, the experimentation this time round is rife. From the distorted attack… read more
WALLS OF JERICHO- With Devils Amongst Us All
Posted October 2 | Leave a Comment
Walls Of Jericho are an odd combo. The band have always been bear-trap tight, always hit sufficiently hard and always been worth investigating. But they've never produced enough memorable moments, never really nailed their growling hardcore formula and been truly unmissable. Every second of this record, the bands third full-length, is certainly worth hearing but once again the results are clinical rather than thoroughly clinching. If the band does have a new card up its sleeve then its more of… read more
