I figure this is as good as any other way to revive this carcass of a blog.
Today's post I've got my first two for you because one of them is already here and uploaded.
If you haven't downloaded or read my extremely crappy writeup of Masshysteri yet... Get on it.
I just received my copy of the LP which came out in April this week and realized that I had put up the wrong cover for the album on my upload. So the picture above is the correct one if any of your are anal about your album artwork. Released in April 2010 this album will keep you groovin' and movin' so get on it.
What happens when you take Blake Schwarzenbach of Jawbreaker & Jets to Brazil fame fresh from his poppy unrelated project called "Thorns of Life" and team him up with Kevin Mahon, the first drummer of Against Me! Toss in the excellent bassist Caroline Paquita, whom I have never heard of prior to this, and mix it all up?
You get exactly what I want to hear. This would be the project you would expect to take place right inbetween Jawbreaker and Jets to Brazil. I admittedly am not the biggest fan of Jets to Brazil.. Even with my insane love for Jawbreaker. I just cannot fully get into it. THIS on the other hand had me from square one. Only four songs recorded for now but not a single one that disappoints.
Blake Schwarzenbach sings in his newer fashion the almost poppy but still gruff voice he showed he had when he started Jets to Brazil. Yet throw in random squeals to finish off lines, yells, and other vocal arrangements to mix things up.
Some of the songs even have a polished Against Me! feeling to them. Unlike how Against Me! ended up ACTUALLY polishing their newer stuff up this is what I wish could have happened. (Refer to: "Not Funny." Which in a live recording Blake states is about an Afghani(?) woman who is in love with a soldier against the protests of her traditional father.)
Forgetters was a bit of a surprise hit for this year for me. Not a lot of news circulating it hit me. I found out about it while I was on the hunt for a Jawbreaker poster and I do not understand how there is not a bigger hype about this. Those of you who are American or Canadians with passports close to any border city go see them on their West coast tour later in January. Then brag about it to me and hurt my feelings.
To quickly wrap this one up: The best way I would describe this is take the slower songs from 24 hour revenge therapy and ESPECIALLY Dear you. Wrap them up with pop music sentimentality. And the care of Jets to Brazil. Dash of Against Me! attitude. And well. Whatever the bassist did in the past I'm sure that's in there too--but it just melts right on in with all of this perfectly. Rabble. Rabble. Rabble. Download it.
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