Showing posts with label the Messenger. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the Messenger. Show all posts

12.11.09

Finch - (2008) S/T


sound: Punk Rock/Post Hardcore
length: 4 songs, 19.3 minutes
myspace
01. Daylight ( 4:16)
02. Famine Or Disease ( 3:56)
03. From Hell ( 3:38)
04. Chinese Organ Thieves ( 7:28)




If you liked What It Is To Burn you will not be disappointed, however if you were expecting Insomniac Meat you might be. I think the song Daylight could be the song stuck in my head most often last year, simply because its so damn hard. Check this shit out.

sounds like: Scary Kids Scaring Kids, From First To Last, The Messenger

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9.11.09

Finch - (2002) What It Is To Burn


sound: Punk Rock/Post Hardcore
length: 13 songs, 1 hour
myspace
01 4:01 New Beginnings
02 3:19 Letters To You
03 2:50 Post Script
04 2:39 Grey Matter
05 3:09 Perfection Through Silence
06 4:48 Awake
07 4:10 Without You Here
08 4:02 Stay With Me
09 5:19 Project Mayhem
10 4:13 Untitled
11 4:38 Three Simple Words
12 13:28 Ender
13 4:51 (Bonus Track) What It Is To Burn

My sophomore year of High School i stumbled across this in a store, and purchased it on a whim simply because it was being put out by Drive-Thru Records. Possibly the best random purchase of my young life. At the time, a very unique punk band that used its rock influence and blended it with electronic mixing, screaming lines, and heavy guitar riffs to fill young hearts with blood. When your 16 you find yourself a little susceptible to emotionally charged lyrics, angry guitars, and star crossed songs about love gone wrong. Finch might have been the soundtrack to my high school years, but who didn't suffer for love at that age? So to those who can look back and remember the one that got away, or got busy, or just should have got stabbed THIS RECORD IS FOR YOU MY FRIEND!
Granted, now in the year 2009 this record has been made and remade by a million bands boasting the names that start with Boys Liking Something or Other and The Anything Anybody's. BUT this record will always have my vote of confidence, simply because for me they did it first.

sounds like: From First to Last, The Messenger, Scary Kids Scaring Kids

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9.7.09

The Messenger - (2008) Let's Get Dangerous


sound: Punk Rock/Screamo
length: 13 songs, 59.9 minutes
myspace
1. This Eagle Has Landed
2. A Gondola Ride In Paris
3. Hey, Vanity!
4. Latina Heat
5. Sex & John Candy
6. Facility In Under 2:05
7. Make Me
8. Outline Of A Monster
9. Nothing Says Party Like A Box Of Fine Wine
10. I Was Born In A Holiday Inn
11. Oh Girl, Just Music
12. They Say My Name Is...
13. Passando O Ano Novo Na Praia

This band is like a more melodical Kane Hodder, or a less depressing Scary Kids. In my opinion this record has all the appeal of a more popular Punk Rock right now, yet still has the progressive sound of say Lady Radiator. Pretty catchy, pretty entertaining and a possible listen for the screamo crowd.

sounds like: Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Beloved, Silverstein, Kane Hodder, A Static Lullaby

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