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Published on August 12th 2003
Gameface has been around for more than a decade, and for a band with a sound this accessible, it's astonishing that they *haven't* hit it big yet. Any of the new breed of emotional pop-punk bands [Brand New, Taking Back Sunday, the Starting Line, et al.] you've been shelling out your hard earned cash for probably owes a great deal to this band, whether they realize it or not. Few groups in any genre last this long, so this is a testament to the band's persistance, if nothing else. It's not rocket science, but it's good and catchy nonetheless [and when was the last time you sang the NASA theme song, anyway?]. The biggest downfall of this disc falls in it's length. Too many of these songs cross the four-minute mark, and two tracks push a whopping five and a half minutes, which is pure blasphemy in this genre. Occasionally I even caught myself looking at the "time remaining" ticker in some of the 3 minute songs, showing me that even the best of these songs could have benefited from a bit more reworking [does a chorus really have to be repeated a half dozen times at the song's end?]. Faults aside, this album shows an upswing in Gameface's overall sound - it doesn't hurt that the recording itself is really crisp and just begs to be turned up louder. There are more gems than duds on this disc, and that's about all anyone can ask for. If you're new to the band, get Every Last Time and Cupcakes first, but place this third on your "to get" list. MP3s When You've Had Enough Four Chords, Seven Years Stream the entire album here People who liked this also liked:           Please login or register to post comments. What are the benefits of having a Punknews.org account?
Gameface - Four To Go this album is phenomenal! Whether it stacks up to their other stuff, and whether they have or have not been around for 10 years, and whether or not they have ever been famous. you're a fucking moron. eat shit, die, and then go listen to dashboard confessional, asshead. I had counted them out before I heard this one. Much better than expected. I heard the Gimme Gimmes were lining up a cover of the NASA song for their next record. "15 year old sluts popping out babies like a fucking factory" I wonder if this is as good as the pre-Good album material. Holy shit this band is still together?! This is cool. I hate the music industry definition for "relevance," and whether a band "has" it. It's just a weasel-like way of saying "these guys have been around forever and it's doubtful as to whether or not they still have a good record in them" or it means "the trend this band was part of is passing and they'll either weather the storm or look like really old news" I can't believe you rated Dashboard higher than Gameface... And while you`re at it, don`t forget "Three to get ready", it`s an amazing album and it`s a total shame, they aren`t playing "A day in june" anymore ... some of the best lyrics I`ve ever read ... Gameface is just a rock band. 10 years ago they were referring to themselves as "unpunk". But a good rock band nonetheless. Why Matchbox 20 is huge and these guys only have a marginal underground following is beyond me. every last time is such a wonderful pop album. i have to check this out--even if the last CD was a stinker. So emotionally-charged pop-punk is officially a genre now, eh? |
