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Four Year Strong are shooting their new video for their song “Bada Bing! Wit’ A Pipe!” this Sunday in Worcester, MA and they need fans to be in the video.
E-mail fys@maneaterproductions.com if you are interested in being in the video and they will send you the location so make sure to free up your Sunday if you’re in the Massachusetts area!
There For Tomorrow are streaming their new self-titeld EP here. The EP features three new songs and four from their previous Pages EP. Be sure to get to know these guys.
Artist: Driver F
Album: Chase the White Whale
Label: None
Purchase: CD Fuse
Release Date: April 7, 2008
Overall: 7.0
Music: 7.0
Lyrics: 6.0
Production: 7.5
I really love a well-placed horn. Maybe throw a trumpet into the middle there, maybe a little trombone in the intro ““ even a full-blown horn section in the chorus. What I enjoy most about Driver F’s Chase the White Whale is exactly that ““ some well placed horns saving otherwise typical arrangements.
“Two Words, Mr. President: Plausible Deniability,” which effectively lifts the curtain on Whale, despite having nothing to do with presidents or plausibility, is actually strong in the hook department ““ particularly the drawn out “Hey angel” chorus.
Unfortunately, “Two Words,” and the remainder of the album, fall quickly into genre-specifics and very, very tired clichés with mentions of “broken arms” (the aforementioned “Two Words”), bleeding that “never ends (“Suncrusher”), and ““ yes ““ truth that “flows like water” despite a bitten tongue (“Lie 248″).
Lead singer Andy Lane’s voice mostly avoids generic, well-covered Patrick Stump-lite territory by coming off as more of a cleaner take on now defunct underground darlings Northstar, making the inescapable shortcomings of Whale even more unfortunate.
Driver F puts forth a very obvious amount of dedication and effort (evident in their occasional ability to craft decent melodies ““ something often lacking in lesser bands likely sharing shelf space with Driver F at your local record store), and for that alone, should be rewarded with typed pats on the back; but they’d do well in terms of artistic relevance to ditch the (intentional or not) emo-shtick and just write songs that speak to everyone. Of course, more horns like those found in the refreshing last minute of “I Have Better Things to Do Tonight Than Die” would certainly help as well.
Track Listing
1. Two Words Mr. President: Plausible Deniability
2. Temple of Doom
3. Suncrusher
4. I Have Better Things to Do Tonight Than Die
5. At Least We Are Civilized
6. Remember When That Train Wrecked Our Lifestyle?
7. The Inevitability of Closing A Hat
8. Bury Me With My Money
9. Water Fun Express
10. Lie 248
Forever The Sickest Kids‘ new video for “Whoa Oh! (Me vs. Everyone)” can be seen below.
Here are some albums hitting stores today. Let us know which ones you’ll be picking up.
Less Than Jake – GNV FLA
Cute Is What We Aim For – Rotation
Damiera – Quiet Mouth Loud Hands
Signal The Escape – All That You Deserve
I Hate Kate – Embrace The Curse
The Classic Crime are streaming a new song titled “Gravedigging” on their MySpace page. The song is off the bands upcoming album The Silver Cord. The Silver Cord is currently available for pre-order at Smartpunk with a free T-shirt, while supplies last. The album is available in stores and online July 22nd.
Underoath‘s new album, Lost in the Sound of Separation, is due out September 2nd. You can check out the album art and track listing for the album below.
Track Listing
1. Breathing in a New Mentality
2. Anyone Can Dig a Hole But it Takes a Real Man to Call it Home
3. A Fault Line, a Fault of Mine
4. Emergency Broadcast / The End is Near
5. The Only Survivor Was Miraculously Unharmed
6. We Are the Involuntary
7. The Created Void
8. Coming Down is Calming Down
9. Desperate Times, Desperate Measures
10. Too Bright to See, Too Loud to Hear
11. Desolate Earth / The End is Here
Boys Like GIrls‘ new video for “Thunder” can be seen here.
Relient K are streaming a new song titled “The Lining is Silver” on their MySpace page. The song comes from the bands upcoming B-Sides album, The Bird and the Bee Sides.
VersaEmerge are streaming their new EP, Perceptions, on PureVolume.
