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Hundred Year War – Hello From The Children Of Planet Earth

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Hundred Year Storm

Artist: Hundred Year Storm
Album: Hello From The Children Of Planet Earth
Label: Floodgate Records
Purchase: Smart Punk
Release Date: August 22, 2006

Overall: 8.5
Music: 9.0
Lyrics: 7.5
Production: 8.5

Usually when a band wants to make an experimental record, they wait until their second or third record to do it. Hundred Year Storm decided to skip a few steps, and here they are now with a debut album that can only be described as wellâ┚¬Ã‚¦experimental. Theyâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢ve managed to make it work though and the result was a surprisingly mature, well done debut album that to be honest, doesnâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢t even sound like a debut. If the artwork or the clips of John F. Kennedy speaking about the space program on the track â┚¬Ã…”The Golden Ageâ┚¬? didnâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢t tip you off yet, the record is a concept album about outer space. [Read more…]

Albums In Stores Tomorrow

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Here are some albums that will be in stores tomorrow:

Boys Like Girls – Boys Like Girls
This Day & Age – Bell And The Hammer
Daggermouth – Stallone
Hundred Year Storm – Hello From The Children Of Planet Earth
Action Reaction – Three Is The Magic Number
Guttermouth – Shave The Planet
Alexisonfire – Crisis
Cursive – Happy Hollow
Misery Signals – Mirrors
Lucky Boys Confusion – Red Tape Outtakes (Demos And Heartbreaks)

Updates

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Check out the new fetured bands on the site including Boys Like Girls, This Day & Age, and Hundred Year Storm. We will be streaming Daggermouth’s new album Stallone all week so be sure to take a listen and pick it up if you like what you hear. Also if you haven’t checked out the new photos section head there now and check out a bunch of new and old pictures that have been added.