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Permanent Me – After The Room Clears

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Permanent Me

Artist: Permanent Me
Album: After The Room Clears
Label: Stolen Transmission
Purchase: Smart Punk
Release Date: January 23, 2007

Overall: 7.0
Music: 7.5
Lyrics: 6.0
Production: 9.0

“After The Room Clears” was the fourth full length to ever be released on Stolen Transmission Records, a label that has built itself up seemingly overnight. Permanent Me (previously called Yes, Virginia) was one of the first to be signed on the label, and after recording and relentless touring, they’ve finally put out a full-length record.

The album is upbeat and nearly every song seems to be an energetic pop number about relationships, and to be more precise, relationships gone wrong; not that this is a bad thing. “After The Room Clears” possess a certain energy that makes up for the few parts that get somewhat repetitive. A supreme example of this energy is the first 10 seconds of the record. Permanent Me wastes no time with a intro song, but rather jumps into the record with â┚¬Ã…”Until You Leaveâ┚¬?, a catchy, upbeat song that promises to get stuck into your head. This approach sets up the mood for the rest of the album and the song is the perfect way to start off the record.
As the album continues, the energy captured in the first song is never lost, making the record that much more memorable. The band showcases it’s potential most notably in the songs “Dead To You”, where vocalist Brian Kapler sings with an extra bit of intensity that was previously unheard on the rest of the album.
The final song on the record “20 Years” demonstrated the same potential that “Dead To You.” Maybe it’s the “whoaâ┚¬?s in the chorus, but every time I hear this song, I can’t help but think it’s one of those songs that you go to a concert and can’t wait to hear because you can’t wait to sing along. A lot of the record is like that, and although it’s not groundbreaking, it’s fun pop rock that people can have fun listening to.

Track Listing
1. Until You Leave
2. Allison
3. Heartattack
4. 4 A.M.
5. Christine
6. Blackjaw
7. By the Time
8. Later On
9. Friday Night
10. Dead to You
11. NYC
12. 20 Years

Anberlin Debuts at #19 on Billboard Top 200

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Congratulations to Anberlin who sold an impressive 33,525 copies of their album Cities in its first week! It was good enough to make it the second highest CD debut for a Tooth and Nail artist and to snag the #19th spot on the Billboard Top 200!

They are also set to make their late-night television debut when they perform â┚¬Ã…”Godspeedâ┚¬?–the first single off CITIES–on the â┚¬Ã…”Late Late Show with Craig Fergusonâ┚¬? Monday, March 5.

A message to Lydia fans

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Below is an update about why Lydia had to cancel their current tour with The Spill Canvas.

hello dear friends

I don’t know what to say right now really. I’m writing this from my sidekick in the middle of nowhere illinois. We are driving home from ohio, halfway through an amazing tour with our friends the spill canvas. Extremely bummed right now to say the least. The last few days leighton has picked up some sort of a stomach virus flu type of sicknessand has been incredibly sick, but manned up and played the shows even thought he was not feeling up to it at all.

Then last night he started to feel a bit worse and went to urgent care before our show, they said it was just an upset stomach and he should take it easy, but he came back to try and play the show anyways. As we took the stage to a sold out crowd, more stoked than ever to play, 20 seconds into the first song he passed out cold on stage and we ended the set there, tried to get him to the hospital again but opted to sleep at the hotel and shake it off.

This morning he woke up feeling even worse and we talked about maybe taking the day off and letting him get better. On his walk out to the van, he passed out cold once again and hit the concrete going into convulsions, we called 911 and got him the hospital immediately to find
out that the “upset stomach” was internal bleeding for the past 3 days and a torn esophagus and if we waited any longer who knows what could have happened. Leighton will spend the next 5 days to a week in the columbus, mt carmel hospital with his parents while the doctors try to
determine how this happened and get him all fixed up and we will be driving 28 hours home over the next day or two.

This is definitely Something far more serious than any of us could ever imagine and we are
so incredibly bummed that we won’t be able to make it to these shows. Things have never been better with the band and we have some really amazing things coming up in the future, so please, Please keep leighton in your prayers. And I promise we will be back out on the road and
making new music as soon as possible.

So much love from us. Loren.
Evan. Steve. Leighton