Calculator. - (2008) Arguments

sound: Screamo/Progressive
length: 6 minutes, 18 minutes
myspace

First may i premise this post with I stole this off my boyfriend's computer. Secondly i really like this band and this EP/LP slash sweet little press. Energetic and a minimalist drummer who's super cute and talented. I will be looking forward to more from this band, and you guys should too! They have their own blog here. Cheers to these guys.

sounds like: Touche Amore, Portraits of the Past, My Heart to Joy, Loma Prieta

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MNMNTS - (2008) The Conquered Beat Pulse

sound: Post Hardcore
length: 3 songs,
myspace
1. Whoregasm
2. Giver
3. The Cross The Crown The Flu

Solid three song EP. Also on their myspace is the song A Day of Only Night, seriously? Track of the Day, thanks. These guys have their own blog here. Cheers guys.

sounds like: Touche Amore

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La Dispute - (2008) Somewhere At The Bottom Of The River Between Vega And Altair

sound: Screamo/Hardcore
length: 13 songs, 51.31 minutes
myspace
1. Such Small Hands
2. Said the King to the River
3. New Storms for Older Lovers
4. Damaged Goods
5. Fall Down, Never Get Back Up Again
6. Bury Your Flame
7. Last Blues for Bloody Knuckles
8. The Castle Builders
9. Andria
10. Then Again, Maybe You Were Right
11. Sad Prayers For Guilty Bodies
12. The Last Lost Continent
13. Nobody, Not Even the Rain

I had the album Vancouver ages ago and forgot all about it.
Then this record came out and i didn't even download it.
These were both giant mistakes.
To describe the sound of this band I would say these guys are like a cross between the wild vocals of MeWithoutYou, the mad guitars of the Fall of Troy and the sheer oddity of the Blood Brothers. It's just a fucking great record.

sounds like: MeWithoutYou, the Fall of Troy, Touche Amore

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Touche Amore - (2009) ...To The Beat of Dead Horses

sound: Punk Rock/Post Hardcore
length: 11 songs, 18.26 minutes
myspace
░ 1. And Now It's Happening In Mine 1:37
░ 2. Honest Sleep 2:33
░ 3. Cadence 1:47
░ 4. Throwing Copper 2:21
░ 5. Swimming With Sharks 1:03
░ 6. History Reshits Itself 1:33
░ 7. Suckerfish 1:38
░ 8. Broken Records 1:34
░ 9. Nine 0:44
░ 10. Always Running Never Looking Back 2:11
░ 11. Adieux 1:25
░ 18:26

Any Band that gets to tour with Thursday and La Dispute is alright by me. Their gritty guitar lines and coarse vocals are well distributed over a manner of tracks that screams musicality instead of mindless crunch on this mesmerizing press. Cheers to a band with the good sense to match intricate riffs, with intelligent lyrics. This could be my new favorite record.

sounds like: the Chariot, the Bled

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