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Chiodos
Perhaps no one can explain the sheer ferocity and timid quietness it is better than when vocalist Craig Owens says “we don’t want to let the kids down” when discussing the group’s intense vocals live at shows. Well they never let a single kid down with their vicious assault on the ears and grip on the jugular...
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03.09.2007 by J-Sin
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The Exit — Home For an Island Buy it at Amazon
“Home For an Island” is a step up for a band that signed to Wind-Up Records in a seeming attempt to perhaps break out the mold that has settled on that record label. The band explores our current world in a hyper-news cycle that fears scare tactics, talk about the end, and election fraud. The band does their thing with a bit of a look back at some of the noteworthy pop hits in the past two decades (Police’s use of reggae for example) with an almost Husker Du sense of rock-ability. The group wrote an album that’s extremely better than the previous drivel that I heard from them. I’m glad to see that. Check ‘em out, this could be a legitimate chart topper—armed with great songs and not just good marketing teams.
- J-Sin
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