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| The Prize FightWords Don't Mean Anything2003 ECA 
 Review by: KirbyPuckett See others by this writer ![[staff]](/images/icons/staffsticker.gif){kind=icon}
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Published on August 27th 2004
The Prize Fight are a pop-punk band with a brass section. Not a bad description, something like Reel Big Fish or Less Than Jake right? Hey, there’s even a thrifty acronym to match the aforementioned -- TPF! I wish… When I heard the horn line that guided the opener, “The Trainwreck,” along the rails, eagerness instantly struck me. Unfortunately, this song takes the course suggested by the title and is no jumpstart for a 4th wave of ska. TPF borrow the backbone of their sound right out of New Found Glory’s playbook and have two horn players ready to audible into formation. Comparisons can be drawn to Yellowcard, who pulled a similar stunt by incorporating a peculiar violinist into their melodies. The violin element helped spring them into commercial success and I’m sure the unique aspect added to the Prize Fight’s sound will harvest attention from Jason Tate and his minions. Aside from that pinch of originality the Words Don’t Mean Anything EP provides another five songs into the continuous pit of unnecessary pop-punk music. The Prize Fight are nothing more than a Punchline or a Startling Line, with horns. Oh, look at that, they even got Kenny Vasoli (the Startling Line) to lend backup vocals on “More Or Less.”
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You need to relax with your grilling of 'The Prize Fight'. They have a pretty good sound and I enjoy their songs. Their lyrics might not hold as much weight as say Saves The Day, Death Cab for Cutie, or Jimmy Eat World; but they do have some substance and are not deserving of your bitter tangent on the trend of 'pop punk' music. The prizefight does kick ass... You kids need to chill out with all your "pop punk is made up of posers" nonsense. I don't understand how you could find fault in this cd... Flat punk sucks ass, it needs the pop infulence to be anything more than a bunch of abused children with mohawks. the prize fight is the sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet. they keep the stars shinning at night. without the prize fight, there'd be no sun. and that would suck cause you would all die! im sorry...i think this album kicks some major ass. I don't understand where you guys are coming from...yes i can kinda see how it fits into the same old pop-punk category, but who cares, music is music...and the prize fight puts out some kick ass music. I used to work with the bass player, im glad he hooked me up with the demo, and the Ep... real cool guy...real good band This was a good reveiw for a shit album this review deserves a lower rating. If you can't figure out what this band sounds like from the descriptions up there then you're in trouble. Feel free to, you know, fix those links.. Who the hell asked you to read it? who the heck allowed this review to be posted. i thought about "one hell of a prize fighter" by eighteen visions when i saw this...and i get some pop punk crap. o well. good band but its too bad that they dropped their horns i remember these guys would play all the local shows in my hometown (the same area as the Starting Line actually, which may explain the similarities) and they were a pretty good live act. Lots of energy. They were never that memorable though. This score is for Boggle. yellowcard and starting line are touring together this fall... |
