| you have to really sit and listen to this band. At least once in your life. The Sterling have an infections sound. The kind that you could see on a tour with Fall Out Boy or The Academy Is… in a heart beat. Their music is easy to “dance” to, or what ever we scene kids call dancing. You can’t help but tap your foot or move to the sound of this band. Pop-punk has been getting a bad rap lately, and doesn’t get taken seriously as some bands should, but The Sterling seem to have the capacity to rise above that. Their music is a bit harder, and Andrew Gravely’s vocals seem to set them apart from today’s “emo-front runners” though, their lyrical content seems similar. If you are a fan of Taking Back Sunday, this should be a band for you to check out. [HeyChristine - Christine@Nyghtscene.com] Soldiers End of Days Long Island, New York is known for bands like Taking Back Sunday, Head Automatica, Bayside, and |
| Brand New, and isn’t really known for its ever-growing hardcore scene. Soldiers consist of members from another band called This Is Hell, also popular on the scene. You can tell that members of this band have done this before. Their delivery of music and lyrics is masterful. It is good to see a band who knows what they are doing in the music business; a band that has worked hard from the first time they came together, until the last show they played in someone’s basement in the middle of nowhere. There are few bands with heart in what they do, but one listen to Soldiers, and you can tell that there is something driving them. A greater force than you or I can comprehend. There is story behind their lyrics; there is passion in their delivery. This is a must have for hardcore fans all over the world. You can find it on Trustkill records on October 2. [HeyChristine - Christine@nyghtscene.com] |
| Hopesfall Magnetic North Magnetic North is quite reminiscent of Taking Back Sunday’s “Tell All Your Friends.” The lead singer could be Adam Lazarra’s voice twin. Hopesfall’s full length album, available on Trustkill Records, is a heavy- hitting mash up of everything alive on the scene today. There is some screaming backing vocals, contrived “emo” like lyrics that are too intelligent for today’s youth to understand sometimes, a wonderful melodic guitar flow, and a distinctive drum beat quietly playing in the background. The whole album is well put together and well thought out. The music is true emotionally driven powerful music, that is lacking in today’s industry. There is real emotion put into eatch letter of each word being sung, and it is sung with just as much drive as it took to write them on paper. [HeyChristine - Christine@nyghtscene.com] |
