Seven Story Fall - (2008) Time Will Tell... EP

sound: Punk Rock/Post Hardcore
length: 3 songs, 12.3 minutes
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01. Systems
02. Time Will Tell...
03. Last Chance



 Happened across a video of these guys performing at (i think) the Portland stop of Boom Boom Huck Jam, or maybe some Tooth and Nail thing??? i don't know the videos not even on youtube anymore, the important thing is it  fucking blew me away.
Are they young, good looking guys, who wear skinny jeans and might by your fathers standards need a haircut? Yes, of all those things they are completely guilty. However, regardless of what you might want to say about these guys, their fans, or the way they dress, they have some raw fucking talent to back it all up. Traditionally i would be right there in the thralls with the haters, but this EP is fucking solid. These three songs pack a lot of kick from the epic guitar opening of Last Chance  to the frantic foot pounding drumming of  Systems. If you have been in need of some Punk Rock from this website then look no further then Seven Story Fall. I fucking like this band, and they are really friendly personable guys. And you can fucking quote me on that. Cheers.

sounds like: Vanna, Dance Gavin Dance, Scary Kids Scaring Kids

bang.

Dance Gavin Dance - (2009) Happiness

sound: Punk Rock/Screamo
length: 10 songs, 36.9 minutes
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01. Tree Village ( 3:22)
02. NASA ( 3:35)
03. I'm Down With Brown Town ( 3:01)
04. Carl Barker ( 5:13)
05. Happiness ( 3:30)
06. Self-Trepanation ( 3:13)
07. Strawberry Swisher Pt. I ( 3:28)
08. Don't Tell Dave ( 3:17)
09. Strawberry Swisher Pt. II ( 3:06)
10. Powder to the People ( 5:11)

Im not gonna lie, i thought Downtown Battle Mountain was the worst piece of shit garbage record i had heard in a while. But not for lack of talent or trying, because the guitars were interesting, but needed some direction and the drummer was pretty  good, but their singer* sounded like absolute shit. It was like all this directionless unnecessary screaming being drowned out by some asshole trying to harmonize or find this one certain elusive note. Needless to say, when this record came out i was not, fucking, interested, at, all.
But my friend Brenden told me they got a new vocalist, and some other new band mates so i gave the track Tree Village a chance. This was like listening to a completely different band. The guitar effects and rifts suddenly had purpose, the vocals were enjoyable and not grating, and damn if the song isn't actually catchy. The drums are quite a few degrees above the slightly better then novice level of the two previous albums. This record is considerably far more impressive  then anything this band name has ever been associated with in the past. Also quite a few interesting instrumental tracks littered  through out the album. It's a confusing, ambitious and innovative press, if this  is a first step in re inventing the band, i am all for it. Cheers to these guys, i hadn't even realized i had  been starving for a complete and polished record from this band.

sounds like: later Fear Before, Vanna, Closure in Moscow, Seven Story Fall, Silverstein

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* sidebar: if you are a fan of Jonny Craig and i have offended you... i don't  really give a shit it's my fucking blog and i'll say what i want. Also Kurt Travis sounds way better, and is the best thing to happen to this band, ever, period.

Chiodos - (2005) All's Well That End's Well

sound: Screamo/Post Hardcore
length: 13 songs, 42.15 minutes
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1. "Prelude" – 0:48
2. "All Nereids Beware" – 4:05
3. "One Day Women Will All Become Monsters" – 3:32
4. "Expired in Goreville" – 2:55
5. "Baby, You Wouldn’t Last A Minute on the Creek" – 4:40
6. "The Words 'Best Friend' Become Redefined" – 3:36
7. "Interlude, Pt. 1" – 0:59
8. "There's No Penguins in Alaska" – 4:33
9. "Interlude, Pt. 2" – 1:16
10. "We’re Gonna Have Us a Champagne Jam" – 4:19
11. "No Hardcore Dancing in the Living Room" – 5:10
12. "Who's Sandie Jenkins?" – 1:59
13. "To Trixie and Reptile, Thanks for Everything" – 4:17

You can snub your nose at this all you want, god knows i did until i actually listened to it. I like it, and i used to like the band until they put out Bone Palace Ballet. Which in my opinion is a heaping pile of shit, also somewhere during listening to that album i realized when Craig whispers he sounds like Herbert from Family Guy. So.... their you go, listen to this album.

sounds like: A Static Lullaby, The Fall of Troy, Hot Cross, *newer Dance Gavin Dance

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