Here’s a jovial little piece of full-band piano rock. The group is Tin Armor, and the record is Life Of Abundance. From what I understand, they used to lean more towards The Smoking Popes in style, and while their vocalist can still pull off that range, he now isn’t afraid to meld all sorts of vectors of gospel and blues (especially in the opening track) to give Life Of Abundance a life of its own. There’s a heavy Death Cab For Cutie element here, but it’s for the best. The album’s vibrant cover art really commands what listeners can expect within.
Greg Preston & The Great Machine feel like the trio could explode at any time. Their spastic brad of garage punk is a huge rock n’ roll party just waiting for someone to knock in a few walls. The vocals are very reminiscent of Liam Lynch, and the instrumentation for the four song EP, Hate To Love The City, are full of pure passionate energy.
Greg Preston & The Great Machine – Hate To Love The CIty
Here’s a pretty solid little dose of gruff pop punk along the lines of The Holy Mess and Campaign. Great meaty riffs and infectious little bass lines abound across four tight and bouncy tracks. Download the EP for free courtesy the band!
This little bio exert is about the best description of what you’ll find when it comes to The Dirty Nil’s latest seven inch:
We like fuzz, pizza, vinyl, bad habits, beer, power chords, stompin’ tom, feedback, fuzz, anything with big knobs and blinking lights, dogs (fuck cats/fuzz cats), coffee, haters, beer, fuzz bass, the replacements, not remembering the night before, quentin tarantino, tube amps, waffles, analog, swearing, distorted anything, willie nelson, bacon, soda pop, french fries, and noise.
Hold Tight! has just released a meaty seven song EP over on their bandcamp. It’s boisterous, snotty, and boastful. Not a single track goes over the one minute mark, so those with short attention spans rejoice! It’s currently available as a pay what you like download, so be sure to download this blistering dose of while there is no price tag!
The Living End once released a song called “The Room” that impressed me so much with its narrative scope that I just couldn’t get enough of it. Curiously, I feel exactly the same about the first track I heard by this band of the same name (they also share a remarkable vocal style as well). I know very little about The Room other than that they’re likely from an English speaking nation, but I do know that the title track on their free EP, The End Is Just The Beginning Repeating is an essential piece of anthemic punk rock. While your at it, give the other couple tracks a listen too, they’re not too shabby either.
The Room - The End Is Just The Beginning Repeating
I’m shocked that after their first full length, Dude Trips, Bangers weren’t signed to a label like Red Scare Records. instead they continue to offer their music free of charge over on their Bandcamp profile. Their latest full length, Small Pleasures, is every bit as poppy yet and grizzled as its predecessor, but with more polish – in a good way. Get downloading!
Here’s something from Irish melodic punk band Never Noodz. The band features a female and make vocal trade off that seems to be coming quite popular these days. There’s some technical stuff in here, and some good old simple pop-punk to boot. Check it out.
Pennsylvania’s Judges make a firm ruling in their latest full length, Lonely Kids In Dead Homes. The album features ten tracks of belted hardcore and crashing crescendos interrupted by brief moments of tranquility – like a storm deceptively parting for a few rays of sunlight. It’s not something I’d seek out normally, but I reckon it’s a great match for the hardcore crowd.
I’ve got to admit, I’m probably only posting this one due to the absolutely over the top promotional picture and album concept. Just look at that thing, it’s like the world is about to end and only Rivals In The Fall can stop it. It’s almost as ridiculous as Four Year Strong’s Enemy Of The World cover art – difference being, these guys are completely serious. Rivals In The Fall might sound like every other likely auto-tuned hard edged pop punk band out there, but based on shear image alone, they want to be something big. I haven’t listened to The Tale Of J.B. Douglas enough as of yet to report a detailed plot outline (there’s reference to dogfights, something about humanity’s last chance and quite a few Coheed & Cambria-like battles – check the title track for narration), but it’s definitely there and I assure you that you haven’t heard anything quite like this in a while. I have a feeling this will be a love it or hate it affair for most.
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