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Between The Trees – Spain

September 5, 2009 By Max Specht 1 Comment

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Artist: Between The Trees
Album: Spain
Label: Bonded Records
Purchase: Amazon
Release Date: August 11th, 2009

Overall: 9
Music: 9.5
Lyrics: 9
Production: 9

Very few musicians today are creating what would be called inspiring music; many different bands have tried to make songs with a message and have fallen short or have come off as to “over the top”. It’s hard to pull off an earnest song that can evoke emotion and be listened to again and again, at least for a newer band that is. Between The Trees and their new record Spain is just that: Inspiring. These major label turned indie band have been through a lot and it shows in their music, as they try to conquer an even more mature sound then their debut The Story And The Song.

The album starts off with lead single “We Can Try”, and while this song is very well crafted and catchy it falls on the weaker side of things when compared to the album as a whole. While it makes for a good single it doesn’t match the beauty of other songs on the album. Following tracks like “Spain”, with it’s collapsing chorus with layered vocals and “One Last Time (Darlin’ II)” with it’s quivering vocal delivery and beauty really shine through and put this album as a top contender already out of the box.

The rest of Spain flows so perfectly that it’s unbelievable, as every single track has something to offer and nothing could be considered as filler. Something that really emphasizes their ability to craft great songs is from lead singer Ryan Kirkland, whether it be in the falsetto led chorus of “Miss You” or the passion behind his voice in “Scarecrow” that could make any grown man cry when the soaring chorus is first burst out on top of the slow-moving piano. His voice takes the music to a whole new level and makes the album that much more special.

It’s no doubt that Spain is one of the best albums of 2009, with beautiful lyrics and inspiring sentiments they envelop the listener and make you feel anew. There is a time where music must be listened to as a whole and truly appreciated, and Spain is a record you should do that with.

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Albums In Stores Tomorrow 5-13-08

May 12, 2008 By Bryce Jacobson Leave a Comment

Here are some albums being released tomorrow. Let us know which one’s you’ll be picking up.

Death Cab For Cutie – Narrow Stairs
Showbread – Anorexia / Nervosa
Cinematic Sunrise – A Coloring Storybook And Long-Playing Record EP
Stick To Your Guns – Comes From The Heart
Set Your Goals – Mutiny!: Deluxe Edition
Moneen – It All Started With A Red Stripe DVD
Between The Trees – The Story And The Song (Reissue)
Emmure – The Respect Issue

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Between-The-Trees, Cinematic-Sunrise, Death Cab For Cutie, Emmure, Moneen, Set Your Goals, Showbread

Full 2008 Warped Tour Lineup Announced

February 20, 2008 By Bryce Jacobson 108 Comments

The full lineup for the 2008 Warped Tour has been announced. Check out the bands and the dates they will be playing below.

3OH!3 whole tour
A Day to Remember jun 20 – jul 20
Against Me! whole tour
Aggrolites whole tour
Alesana whole tour
All That Remains jul 22 – aug 17
All Time Low jul 22 – aug 17
Anberlin jun 21 – aug 17
Angels and Airwaves whole tour
As I Lay Dying jun 20 – jul 18
August Burns Red jun 20 – july 6
Automatic Love Letter jul 17 – july 27
Beat Union whole tour
Bedouin Soundclash jul 3 – jul 17
Between the Trees jun 20 – jul 8, aug 4 – 12
Bouncing Souls jul 16 – jul 25
Bring Me the Horizon jul 22 – aug 17
Broadway Calls whole tour
Charlotte Sometimes whole tour
Cinematic Sunrise jul 10 – jul 16
Classic Crime jul 27 – aug 17
Cobra Starship whole tour
Confide jul 22 – aug 17
Danger Radio jul 19 – aug 8 / aug 9 – aug 18
Dr. Manhattan jul 22 – aug 17
Evergreen Terrace whole tour
Every Avenue jul 9 – jul 26
Everytime I Die whole tour
Family Force 5 whole tour except 6/19, 6/20, 6/26, 7/2, 7/12, 8/8
Forever the Sickest Kids jun 20 – jul 6 / jul 7 – aug 17
Four Year Strong jul 19 – aug 17
From First to Last whole tour
GBH aug 6 – aug 17
Greeley Estates whole tour
Gym Class Heroes whole tour
Horrorpops whole tour
Jack’s Mannequin jul 1 – jul 20
Just Surrender jul 9 – jul 26
Katy Perry whole tour
Ludo jul 22 – aug 17
Madina Lake jul 9 – jul 25
Mayday Parade whole tour
Maylene and the Sons of Disaster jun 20 – jul 18
MC Chris whole tour
MURS whole tour
Norma Jean whole tour
Oreska whole tour
Paramore jul 1 – jul 6
Pennywise jul 15 – aug 3, jul 15, jul 17- jul 20, jul 24, jul 27, jul 29- aug 3
Pierce the Veil whole tour
Pinkertones whole tour
Protest the Hero whole tour
Reel Big Fish whole tour
Relient K whole tour
Rise Against aug 6 – aug 17
Say Anything whole tour
Set Your Goals whole tour
Shwayze whole tour
Sick City jul 19 – jul 20, aug 6
Sky Eats Airplane jul 27 – aug 17
Stick to Your Guns jun 20 – jul 6
Story of the Year whole tour
Street Dogs whole tour
The Academy Is… whole tour
The All-American Rejects jun 20 – jun 29
The Audition jun 20 – jun 29 / jun 30 – aug 17
The Briggs whole tour
The Bronx whole tour
The Color Fred whole tour
The Devil Wears Prada whole tour
The Dillinger Escape Plan jul 9 – jul 15
The Fabulous Rudies whole tour
The Higher jun 20 – jul 20
The Human Abstract jul 22 – aug 17
The Lordz whole tour
The Maine jun 20 – jul 18 / aug 9 – aug 17
The Morning Light jul 28 – aug 6
The Pink Spiders jun 20 – jul 20
The Saint Alvia Cartel jul 9 – aug 3, aug 13 on
The Secret Handshake jun 30 – jul 9
The Vandals aug 6 – aug 17
We the Kings whole tour

Filed Under: News Tagged With: All Time Low, Angels & Airwaves, Between-The-Trees, Broadway-Calls, Cobra Starship, Danger Radio, Every Avenue, Family-Force-5, Four Year Strong, From-First-To-Last, Greeley-Estates, Gym Class Heroes, Just Surrender, Mayday Parade, Paramore, The Maine, The Morning Light, The-Classic-Crime, The-Color-Fred, The-Devil-Wears-Prada, The-Higher, Warped Tour

Mae On Tour

February 15, 2008 By Bryce Jacobson Leave a Comment

Mae is heading out on tour with The Honorary Title, Between The Trees, and Far-Less. Check out the dates below.

Tour Dates
Mar 16: Philadelphia, PA @ Fillmore at the TLA (no presale)
Mar 18: Washington, DC @ Black Cat
Mar 19: New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
Mar 20: Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon
Mar 21: Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Downstairs
Mar 22: Williamsville, NY @ Club Infinity
Mar 24: Slippery Rock, PA @ Slippery Rock University (no presale)
Mar 25: Cleveland, OH @ Agora Ballroom
Mar 26: Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
Mar 27: Chicago, IL @ Metro
Mar 28: Madison, WI @ Majestic Theater
Mar 29: Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom*
Mar 30: Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Café*
Mar 31: Waverly, IA @ Neuman Auditorium
Apr 2: Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
Apr 3: Denver, CO @ The Marquis Theater
Apr 4: Salt Lake City, UT @ Avalon Theater
Apr 5: Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
Apr 6: Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
Apr 8: San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s (tickets available through www.slimstickets.com)
Apr 9: Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre*
Apr 10: San Diego, CA @ Epicentre
Apr 11: Pomona, CA @ The Glasshouse
Apr 12: Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee Theatre
Apr 14: Dallas, TX @ The Door
Apr 15: San Antonio, TX @ The White Rabbit*
Apr 16: Houston, TX @ Meridian
Apr 17: New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
Apr 18: Tallahassee, FL @ The Beta Bar
Apr 19: Orlando, FL @ House of Blues
Apr 20: Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room
Apr 22: Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade

* – Tour dates just announced

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Far-Less On Tour With Mae

January 30, 2008 By Bryce Jacobson Leave a Comment

Far-Less will be heading out on tour with Mae, The Honorary Title and Between The Trees. Dates can be found on their MySpace page with more coming soon.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Between-The-Trees, Far-Less, Mae, the-honorary-title

Holiday Parade Update

January 2, 2008 By Bryce Jacobson Leave a Comment

Holiday Parade have started writing new songs for an upcoming, yet-to-be-titled full length. About 10-15 songs are close to being completed and the band has plans to hit the studio in the Spring. In other news, the guys are featured in February’s Alternative Press, you can check that out right here. They’ve also posted a slew of new tour dates on their Myspace.com page, with bands such as Between The Trees, Cartel, Forever The Sickest Kids and Powerspace.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Between-The-Trees, Cartel, Forever The Sickest Kids, Holiday-Parade, Powerspace

Holiday Parade East Coast Tour

December 17, 2007 By Bryce Jacobson Leave a Comment

Holiday Parade and Between The Trees will be hitting the road for a short two week east coast stint in January. Below are the confirmed dates, expect about ten more to be announced soon!

Sun – Jan 6 – Charlotta, NC – Tremont Music Hall
Thur – Jan 10 – Rockville Centre, NY – Vibe Lounge
Fri – Jan 11 – New York, NY – Knitting Factory
Sat – Jan 12 – Wilton, CT – Trackside
Tues – Jan 15 – Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero
Sat – Jan 19 – Statesboro, GA – Apex

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Between-The-Trees, Holiday-Parade

Between The Trees Post New Demo

December 13, 2007 By Bryce Jacobson Leave a Comment

Between The Trees have put up a new demo titled “Run” on their MySpace page. The song will be up until 8 p.m. tomorrow night when the put up another new demo.

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Between The Trees Post New Demo

December 12, 2007 By Bryce Jacobson Leave a Comment

Between The Trees will be posting a new demo nightly on their MySpace page. The songs will be up for a limited amount of time so be sure to listen daily. The first song “Story of A Boy” is available now.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Between-The-Trees

Warped Tour Update #1

July 2, 2007 By Michael Schneider 2 Comments

Hey DFO community-
I’m out on the warped tour with the band Bayside, representing the organization To Write Love On Her Arms! We’re on our thousand mile drive up to Vancouver for our first two Canada dates, and we just finished the first three in California. I cannot tell you how incredible this tour is. I’ve been able to see about 1/4 of the bands so far, and not one has let me down.

In Pomona, I dropped by Cute Is What We Aim For’s set, and regardless of what you think of them, the addition of Dave Melillo on guitar/vocals adds even more to this band’s incredibly addicting music and sharpens the live show, performing tighter than I’ve ever heard them.

Ventura allowed me to see a little more music, starting with The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. Regardless of the fact that they’re one of the most genuine bands on the tour, they have crafted a nearly perfect live show. Ronnie’s vocals are more passionate and powerful with every note. I could, and probably will, watch this band every day. Later in the evening, I got to see my tourmates and winner’s of that day’s long performance, Bayside. Bayside is not your typical warped tour band. They don’t sound like a wanna-be Bad Religion, or emulate the same typical metal sound so many bands have adopted. Bayside is a rock band, and they do nothing but that, rock. Chris was telling me he hates it when people say “you rocked!”…well sorry, but you guys did. Half the crowd knew every word, and the band never missed a note. Bayside is a MUST-SEE on this tour.

Mountain View, because TWLOHA was so low on merchandise, gave us a lot of freedom during the day. Between The Trees played an incredible set on the Hot Topic stage, never failing to disappoint. Then I jumped over to The Spill Canvas, who delivered yet another stellar performance introducing a couple new songs as well. One of our volunteers, David, and I caught the last few songs of The Almost, and Aaron was as exciting as ever without the drums restricting his motion. Boys Like Girls played to a huge crowd, many fans screaming the words so loud you could hear them over the Amphitheater’s sound system. Later in the day, we all made our way over to support our friends in Paramore, and I will tell you this flat out. I would go to Warped Tour and lay face down on the cement in the sun for the entire day, if it was the only way I could see Paramore. Their new songs are unbelievable live. Everyone in the band is within one year of my age, yet they play with more passion, energy, and accuracy than most bands on the whole tour. Lastly, we got to see the always-pleasing Anberlin camp play the Smartpunk stage. On their first tour, you can tell they’re not quite used to playing in the sunlight rather than in sold out clubs, but they’re still just as good as ever, and well worth a half an hour of your Warped experience.

I know that’s a lot to read, but it was a lot to experience as well. Please send in your requests for interviews, and reviews and tell me which bands I should see!

Warped in Canada
7/3 Vancouver

After roughly 26 hours straight driving from San Francisco, the Warped crew made it up to the University Of British Columbia. A vastly different setting than the previous three, a smaller crowd but a larger area quickly tired my legs that were so accustomed to bus living. One of the most interesting and frustrating parts of the tour is Canada’s policy on bringing merchandise into the country. Any merchandise you bring across is automatically taxed, which forces the 50+ groups on the tour to ship their merchandise to the venue. The band I’m riding with, Bayside, shipped about six days early. The merchandise arrived in four days, and was then sent to the back of the delivery line since it  couldn’t be delivered till the day of the show. Unfortunately, for the band and that hundreds who voted for them to win the Energizer Long Lasting Performance time (an extra ten minute set), no merchandise ever came for them. We’ll see if their luck changes for Calgary.

I’d like to take a few minutes and talk about one of the other non-profits on the tour. I’ve set up the last couple days next to Kelsey and her Boarding For Breast Cancer tent. Their goal is to raise awareness and teach how to properly examine for breast cancer. One of the most startling statistics is that 30% of cases are discovered by partners. They’ve been able to raise a considerable of money in donations, as well as teach hundreds how to properly check themselves or their partners for the lumps indicative of cancer.

Lastly, I said this is in my last update, but you cannot go to Warped Tour and miss The Spill Canvas. TSC are seriously four of the nicest guys I’ve ever met, not to mention arguably the most talented band on the tour. Their set, which blends older tracks with brand new songs from the new EP and upcoming full-length. Take a half an hour of your day and head over to the Hurley stage for their set, I guarantee you won’t be disappointed.

Boys Like GirlsThe AlmostParamoreAnberlin

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