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Ambitions - Question- Think Fast! #023 - 2006
  -- Wednesday, August 30, 2006


Here's an oddly coincidental story. Stop me if you've heard it. I went to the End of Summer Jam in Lawrence, MA the other day. I was really psyched to see Betrayed and Have Heart. Verse is always a plus in my book too. So I'm just chilling around when I see Jeff from With Honor. I had met him a while back during one of the Bane/With Honor tours. A really stand up dude. Always chill and up front getting down. He then hits the stage and starts setting up his gear. I ask around a little, "With Honor is playing this show? ..." Nope, turns out he is also in the little band called Ambitions on Think Fast! Records. I just never knew.


So the band plays a great set. 6-8 songs. I was really impressed. Later, I start talking to Jeff about the band. He is psyched that I was psyched, and he offers to grab me a cd. I say, "yeah, that's awesome." But since we weren't standing next to the merch table, I didn't want to be that guy who approaches the band for a "free cd." Not my style. My head is not swelled enough for that.

Mitch picks up the cd, and we listen to it the whole ride home. It sounds so good. We try and come up with comparisons. Ignite is thrown around, Dischord era harDCore is mentioned. We even bat around Dag Nasty and Swiz. In my head, it still comes off as a cross between Ignite's Past Our Means and H2O's F.T.T.W. Whatever comparison you want to make, just know that the album is dope.

Anyway, the work day on Monday comes and goes. Another day of debugging code before our big release. When I get home, I greeted by a welcome surprise. A Think Fast! package. And in that package? Why, it's ONE cd. Ambitions - Question. DOPE. Maybe it's karma? I don't know.

This album comes out on September 19, 2006. You may want to consider camping out at your local merch table. Lines will probably start forming soon.

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Vitality - Introspection EP - Iron Mind Records - 2006
  -- Tuesday, August 29, 2006

This is the CD release of the EP on It's The Limit records. I know Ange sent me the vinyl a while back, but somehow, I never mananged to put a review out there. I must have been high. Or perhaps, my mind was shredded by how good the Vitality EP is. That's probably the case.

This release by Iron Mind Records features the tracks from the Introspection EP as well as the tracks from the original demo.

You should hit up the Iron Minds website and grab this 4 sided Vitality shirt:



And then head over to the It's The Limit site and grab the vinyl. Vinyl and Cd have different layouts. You can guess which one I like best (yo Michiel!!):



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Have Heart - The Things We Carry - Bridge 9 #75 - 2006
  -- Wednesday, August 23, 2006


Have Heart is the best Straight Edge Hardcore band. Simply put. Incredibly true (I'll give Betrayed a close second). This album is just another piece of evidence to back up my claim.

Since receiving this record, I haven't put it down. It's been on constant rotation in my car. I can't stop listening to it. It's that good. I was a pretty big fan of the demo and first EP (so much that I ended up hosting the first Have Heart website for them) but this album blows everything else away.

People have been comparing it to a million other bands. We all know that comparisons never cut it. Personally, I think the album sounds like a band that is confident and comfortable with their style mixed with plenty of positive energy and honest emotion.

Make sure you go to the b9 store and pick this album up. If you want more info on the band, check them out on myspace.

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Look Out - Unrestrained - Triple B Records #003 - 2006
  -- Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Sam Yarmuth contacted me in the beginning of August asking if I would review his new release. He told me he could ship out the vinyl immediately. When I told him I had just moved and hadn't unpacked my record player, he graciously offered to send a burned cd. I was expecting a package with a burned cd and zero other material. I was way off. Instead, he sent the burned cd AND the vinyl. Not just that, but the vinyl looks freaking rad and is limited to 200. Check this pic (courtesy of Sam and Triple B Records on myspace).


It also comes with a real dope layout. High quality paper, great look, top notch "oldee stylee" theme.


Looking beyond the flashy cover, let's discuss the music. There is a definite metal influence here. The guitar solos with a wailing "YEAH" over it is metal. But these guys are definitely core, not metal. I'd compare them to Iron Age or a Justice minus the LOC vibe. Most songs track in at under 2 minutes. How else could 6 tracks fit on an EP, right? You know what? That Justice comparison is grossly off. I'm relistening to Justice now, and they sound nothing alike, really. Apparently Look Out sounds like the "forgotten memory of Justice without the LOC vibe." Who would have guessed? On another listen, I'm reminded of No Warning (pre Warner) mixed with 315. Maybe it's just the hard anthems mixed with that mid 90s hardcore/emo scream yell (No, not The Get Up Kids, but rather Dive or Bound or an Ebullition band).


You can find Look Out on the internet. I'm sure you can't guess where.

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F-Units - Reject On Impact - F-Units Records #1 - 2006
  -- Friday, August 04, 2006



The F-Units. Punk rock in the vein of Social Distortion with a weird accent (which is odd since they are from NYC, but it isn't a New Yorkah accent). They also seem to have some weird punk rock, Bruce Springsteen action (replace all blazing guitar solos with wacky "woh-woh-woh" chants). Despite being punk rock, each song clocks in around or above the 3 minute mark. That's just not right.


This band loves to wear black clothes.

You can find their cd and more info about them via MySpace. Listen to a track or two, and decide for yourself. I'm going to listen to "Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell" instead. Peace.

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Set Your Goals - Mutiny - Eulogy Recordings #73 - 2006
  -- Wednesday, August 02, 2006



Earlier this year, Pike handed me a copy of Reset. I honestly wasn't sure what to expect. I wasn't even sure if he was handing me a core band or not (lately, he's been passing pop punk and hip hop my way). I was expecting more pop at that point. And that's what I got. Power pop but with a definite hardcore undertone.

Well, last week, Pike sent me Mutiny. Holy crap, I was floored. It wasn't until this release that I REALLY realized that this band has deep roots in Hardcore. Hey, what do you expect? I'm a north east snob. Just ask P. Lynch. He'll confirm my bias. No matter how often he promoted this bay area band to me.



When I listen to this album, I think about the first time I heard Can't Slow Down. 1998, chilling all summer, hanging with friends, and driving all over America to see shows. The sound of this album is reminiscent of Can't Slow Down too. More than just early Saves The Day, I'd also compare it to the early New Found Glory material. Pop with a hard edge, or maybe hardcore with a super pop center. The two singers take a little to get used to but they really work it well together.

Check them out on MySpace and then buy their releases from Eulogy Recordings. I see this band blowing up for real in the upcoming year. I'll be sure to get a good view of them this weekend with GB. I can't wait.

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