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*Weighted Companion Cube would like you to enjoy "Still Alive".

(see Portal, then lol)

the Cake is a Lie.

The Joggers - (2005) With a Cape and a Cane

sound: Indie/Funk/Poolhall
length: 10 songs, 40.51 minutes
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ziggurat traffic
we've been talked down
wicked light sleeper
era prison
since you're already up
yawning brahmins
white madam
night of the horsepills
horny ghosts
apache figurines

Portland guys making records with all the oddities of a truly bohemian sound laced with a dance punk vibe. This record is exceptionally hip, every song is it's own gem boasting their own quirks. From the outlandish Night of the Horsepills to the catchy funk of Wicked Light Sleeper. Very So Many Dynamos meets We are Scientists. Try it out.

sounds like: We are Scientists, So Many Dynamos, Post War Years

Bang.

Gatsby's American Dream - (2003) Ribbons and Sugar

sound: Indie/Punk
length: 11 songs, 30.1 minutes
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1. The Taming
2. We're Not Orphans
3. Epilogue
4. A Work Lies Sex Love Fear Hate Friendship
5. Manifesto of Tangible Wealth
6. Snicker at the Swine
7. Apparition
8. Cut the Strings
9. Horse You Rode in On
10. Recondition, Reprogram, Reactivate
11. Counterfeit Language

First they had the good sense to take their name from (in my opinion) one of the greatest novels of American Literature. Secondly they had the nerve to write songs using drowning in the great "human manifesto" and lyrical content becoming of an intellect and not a 5th grader. Then they had to go and be a bunch of talented musicians and a group of guys who genuinely love music?
Here is an album that never falls into the cliche of sounding like one giant 30 minute song, and a band that never ceased to switch it up on their fans. Damn entertaining, solid West Egg material.

sounds like: Further Seems Forever, Silversun Pickups, Refused

Woosh.

Dead Poetic - (2002) Four Wall Blackmail

sound: Post Hardcore/Screamo
length: 10 songs, 38.6 minutes
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01 Burgundy
02 The Corporate Enthusiast
03 A Green Desire
04 Four Wall Blackmail
05 August Winterman
06 Ollie Otson
07 Bliss Tearing Eyes
08 Stereochild
09 Arlington Eyes
10 Tell Myself Goodbye

I actually cannot believe this isn't already on here. Instant Classic. If you've already listened to Vices or New Medicines then check your expectations at the door. This is without doubt the best Dead Poetic record to date. Still loud, still explosive, but not the ear splitting melodies of Glass in the Trees. This album is gorgeous and heartfelt, beautiful universal lyrics and heavy screams over just fucking Solid drums from Burgandy to Tell Myself Goodbye. Honestly if August Winterman weren't such a wrist splitter it would still be in constant rotation on my ipod, and StereoChild is still fucking righteous. Re-educate.

sounds like: A Static Lullaby, Alexisonfire, The Receiving End of Sirens

Krunch.