rock Against Me!

from her lips to god's ears is probably my favorite song of theirs at the moment. i do remember reading that they were going to be playing on jimmy kimmel live but i didn't see the show. if it sounded shitty i'm behooved to say that they were just off that night. when i heard em live they sounded great.

new cd came out this tuesday, although i haven't been able to find it locally yet. may have to resort to the interweb.

i have though listened to the four songs off the album they have on their myspace. thrash unreal is my favorite at the moment.

and to the moderators: the band considers themselves, according to their official myspace, to be punk / rock / folk rock. in that order.

they may be moving towards a more mainstream punk-rock sound from their more unrefined punk sound but i don't see how you could describe them as poppy.

and if you consider yourself a fan of them i don't see how you don't like all of their music. i can't get enough of it, old and new alike.

quote AnonymousGuy

... just because you are a fan, doesn't mean you should go in to denial about something they release sucking or them selling out, if thats what they did.

wow that's not what i'm saying at all.

anonymous guy you sound like someone out of slc punk.

bought the new wave b-sides earlier tonight. they were pretty decent but left me with an overall feeling of, "meh". i definitely think they were the right choices not to be included on the full-length.

i'll give a few more playthroughs though and i'm sure they'll grow on me.

nice tat. i had no idea tom was doing solo work. i'll have to try and check some of that out.

solo stuff is pretty damn good. i've always wanted more songs in the vein of joy, searching for a former clarity, armageddon, et al, and these deliver well in that regard. favorite right now has to be amputations. listened to about seven or so, not sure how many in total there are.

to be quite honest i am very disappointed with white crosses. to me it seems like a tepid attempt to reach out to a broader fan base only to yield a reserved, subdued and mediocre sounding album. only in "rapid decompression" and maybe the titular song do i hear the unbridled and raw sound of am! at least attempting to claw its way out of this dreary pop ensemble.

i wouldn't go as far as to say cringe-worthy but definitely yawn-inducing. it's grown on me slightly after multiple listens but even that won't overcome my initial sentiments.