Boxer/Eyes Wide - Split EP (Full Album Stream)

For Fans Of: Title Fight, Turnover, Daylight

Praise:

Boxer and Eyes Wide up the ante with three tracks each and this represents another one of those times, when you go in with no real expectations, only to be blown away by the sheer power of the album. Each band offer something with so much emotional tissue and connectivity in this untitled split, that it’ll surely be on repeat for a little longer than you’d initially anticipate. It has that strong sense of urgency in its musical push. - 4.5/5 from Punknews.org

 

While Boxer brings a more furious and explosive sound to the table on the first half of the split, Eyes Wide transitions on the next half of this EP with a more tame, yet blissfully-crafted style; citing influence from iconic emo acts like Knapsack, Mineral and Small Brown Bike. - 4/5 from EasyCore.net

 

Purchase:

BandCamp: http://bit.ly/bewBC

iTunes: http://bit.ly/bewiTunes

AmazonMP3: http://bit.ly/bewAmaz

Reveille Records: http://bit.ly/bewRevRecs

Source: SoundCloud / Reveille Records

Captives - My Eyes Are Open (Full Album Stream)

For Fans Of: Brand New, Balance & Composure, Thrice

Praise:

People on this website love Brand New.
And people on this website love Balance and Composure.
People on this website will love Captives. - AbsolutePunk.net

 

The band is a trio from Eagle Mountain, Utah and on their EP they take a mellow, introverted bitterness known from later Brand New records and fold it out into louder, grungy, in your face rock moments complete with crunchy guitar and yelled singing that sounds like sandpaper scraped over the vocal cords. - RockFreaks.net

 

The four believe it their fate to deliver the same brand of heavily emotional, dark music in which they themselves grew up listening to, to their quiet town and awaken its inhabitants. - BringTheNoiseUK.com

Purchase:

BandCamp: http://bit.ly/CaptivesBC

iTunes: http://bit.ly/CaptivesiTunes

AmazonMP3: http://bit.ly/captivesmp3

Reveille Records: http://bit.ly/revrecs

Source: SoundCloud / Reveille Records

This past Fall, Boxer (Richmond, VA) teamed up with Eyes Wide (Hollidaysburg, PA) to record a split EP. Boxer enlisted the help of Will Yip (Title Fight, Balance & Composure) for recording while Eyes Wide collaborated with Vince Ratti (Tigers Jaw, The Wonder Years) and the end result is a mind melting mix of melodic hardcore and 90s alternative rock.

This marks the second release from Boxer after debuting their EP Undertow on Reveille Records in 2012 and the first batch of new material from Eyes Wide since 2011. The album ranges from moody angst ridden jams like Boxer’s “Weight” to the gloomy passion of Eyes Wide’s “Gem.” Each band is showcasing three new songs which represents the current direction that both bands are embarking on.

On May 7th, 2013 the split will be released digitally (iTunes, Spotify, Amazon MP3) and on CD via Reveille Records. You can PRE-ORDER the album here.

Source: SoundCloud / Reveille Records

Life Through My Ears: Captives - My Eyes Are Open

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Drawing on a range of post-hardcore and alternative influences, Captives have produced an impressive debut EP, showing off an already highly developed style of sound, with moments comparable to bands like Balance and Composure.
What makes My Eyes Are Open a true pleasure to listen to is that…

rrwsxcrssd: This Is Your Life - Before We Fade Away Melodic Hardcore Think: Set It Straight, Sinking Ships, The Effort With this band hailing from Richmond, VA. I instantly thought of DTN which are one of my favourite hardcore bands. While DTN are an awesome straight edge youth crew-esque hardcore band, from the offset it’s clear that This Is Your Life are coming at hardcore from a different angle. The opening track, Before We Fade Away… starts with rainfall, a gentle tap on the cymbals before the guitar led intro comes in. As the rest of the instruments make their way into the track, the rainfall fades away, and you begin to get an idea of what kind of music this band will be producing. Arrivals and Departures is the next track, and opens with the line “Nothing stays the same” screamed by the entire band. Once the vocals start the delivery reminds me of the bands mentioned, and the album quickly starts to work it’s way through the tracks, which work together well to create an album which is completely free of filler and comes in at just under 37 minutes of enjoyable listening. Suggested track: The standouts for me are Blackout Curtains and Distractions. Bandcamp | Facebook
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This Is Your Life - Before We Fade Away

Melodic Hardcore

Think: Set It Straight, Sinking Ships, The Effort

With this band hailing from Richmond, VA. I instantly thought of DTN which are one of my favourite hardcore bands. While DTN are an awesome straight edge youth crew-esque hardcore band, from the offset it’s clear that This Is Your Life are coming at hardcore from a different angle. The opening track, Before We Fade Away… starts with rainfall, a gentle tap on the cymbals before the guitar led intro comes in. As the rest of the instruments make their way into the track, the rainfall fades away, and you begin to get an idea of what kind of music this band will be producing. Arrivals and Departures is the next track, and opens with the line “Nothing stays the same” screamed by the entire band. Once the vocals start the delivery reminds me of the bands mentioned, and the album quickly starts to work it’s way through the tracks, which work together well to create an album which is completely free of filler and comes in at just under 37 minutes of enjoyable listening.

Suggested track: The standouts for me are Blackout Curtains and Distractions.

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The debut LP from Richmond, VA’s This Is Your Life. Buy on 12” vinyl/digital from: reveillerecords.com/shop

Praise:

★★★★★ from Punknews.org
“It’s hard to find an unlikable song on the record and just when I thought Title Fight was gonna take the record of September-or album of the year-this comes along. “Walls” shows how well they utilize multiple vocalists and with so little flaws, it’s pretty amazing that there’s length to the record. You get enough and then more of the band.”

★★★★☆ from Dying Scene
“Melodic hardcore has been been genericized with oversaturation. This Is Your Life avoid doing impressions of the Epifat golden-age and instead cement the foundations of their own sound. Before We Fade Away features fantastic music and scream-your-lungs-out heart, sure to please any fan of fast, sweaty punk rock.”

3.9/4.0 from Sputnik Music users
“After subsequent listens, it becomes increasingly obvious to me that this is definitely the best melodic hardcore I’ve listened to in a very long time. Between the in-song interludes and screaming, the band manages to show impressive songwriting depth. The final track is incredibly gripping, laced with intense cathartic desperation.

It’s been a long time since I’ve been this interested in a band in this genre. This Is Your Life should have no where to go from here but up.” - Sleeping At Last

Source: SoundCloud / Reveille Records

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