Roll With The Punches
I've been thrashing this a bit a work lately, so, in the spirit of reviews...
When I first saw these guys live and got over the initial comedy of the change of Daves voice, I thought, wow! this is actually really rad.
Its not that I think the music or lyrics are genius, but its solid and fun. I dunno, to me it kinda sounds like good old fashioned working class hardcore, and even though its doesn't sound that much like Wisdom in Chains, I get the same kind of feeling when I listen to both of them. There are definitely songs where they sound a bit like Sick Of It All, but for the most part its no nonsense, good times hardcore.
My favourite track has to be Cruel Hand, and I think you'd be hard pressed to find a hardcore kid who couldn't identify with these lyrics:
We're never content, to let the dice fall on the side that fate dictates.
We always resent, the things that we don't know, the things we cannot change...
We can't pretend, for long enough that our lives fit the mould.
We've read the book, taken the pills; we're still left feeling cold.
For a New Zealand Ep it sounds really impressive, and it's nine songs, so it's pretty much an album. Dave’s voice sounds like a charging rhino throughout and the rest of the mix sounds real good. There seems to be a 'hole' in the mix somewhere, but again for an Ep, your getting a lot more than what you normally do. The cover art I reckon is awesome, but the rest of the package is pretty barebones.
It sucks that these guys didn't last - at least they left something rad behind for us to remember them by.
Out Of Line
When people try to ruin what we worked so hard to bring about,
It's so tempting, sometimes I want to, knock the fucking bitches out.
I'm pretty sure you can still buy CD's from here:
http://www.myspace.com/wrongsiderecords
3.5 / 5
Thu May 01, 2008
I've been thrashing this a bit a work lately, so, in the spirit of reviews...
When I first saw these guys live and got over the initial comedy of the change of Daves voice, I thought, wow! this is actually really rad.
Its not that I think the music or lyrics are genius, but its solid and fun. I dunno, to me it kinda sounds like good old fashioned working class hardcore, and even though its doesn't sound that much like Wisdom in Chains, I get the same kind of feeling when I listen to both of them. There are definitely songs where they sound a bit like Sick Of It All, but for the most part its no nonsense, good times hardcore.
My favourite track has to be Cruel Hand, and I think you'd be hard pressed to find a hardcore kid who couldn't identify with these lyrics:
We're never content, to let the dice fall on the side that fate dictates.
We always resent, the things that we don't know, the things we cannot change...
We can't pretend, for long enough that our lives fit the mould.
We've read the book, taken the pills; we're still left feeling cold.
For a New Zealand Ep it sounds really impressive, and it's nine songs, so it's pretty much an album. Dave’s voice sounds like a charging rhino throughout and the rest of the mix sounds real good. There seems to be a 'hole' in the mix somewhere, but again for an Ep, your getting a lot more than what you normally do. The cover art I reckon is awesome, but the rest of the package is pretty barebones.
It sucks that these guys didn't last - at least they left something rad behind for us to remember them by.
Out Of Line
When people try to ruin what we worked so hard to bring about,
It's so tempting, sometimes I want to, knock the fucking bitches out.
I'm pretty sure you can still buy CD's from here:
http://www.myspace.com/wrongsiderecords
3.5 / 5
Thu May 01, 2008