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![]() | FastbreakWhenever You're Ready2001 Revelation
Review by: Paul See others by this writer Only registered users can post comments Published on March 4th 2001
One day I was screwing around at cdnow.com and I found out about Fastbreak when I looked at "related artists" to Lifetime. Lifetime has been my favourite band for months now, and I was searching for bands that play the same style of melodic hardcore.. I was in luck, Fastbreak amazed me from the first song onwards. Unfortunatelly only the first 5 songs were available to sample in real audio and only 30 second clips, but that was enough to tell me this was a great band. Right the next day I went over to my local record store, and they didnt have the cd in, but the manager ordered it in for me and within 4 days I had the Fastbreak CD in my hand. I was so excited about getting this cd that I came along to the store with my discman in my pocket, ready to stick in the CD as soon as I had paid for it. Whenever You're Ready contains 13 speedy melodic punk/hardcore tracks that will blow you completely away! They have a sound that you cannot accurately name but I would best describe them as a mix of Lifetime, Saves The Day, Enemy You and latter-day Gorilla Biscuits.
Three tracks which really stand out on this release are "Goodbye" which totally reminds me of Lifetime's "Young Loud and Scotty", "Good Dreams Or None At all" which adds skatepunk to the bands sound, and "Thanks For Trying" an excellent last track for any cd filled with speed, melody and wonderful lyrics. Please login or register to post comments. What are the benefits of having a Punknews.org account?
A great album. A youth crew band goes slick rock. Too many people slept on this record. i can't believe i am the first person to comment on this cd after this review was posted over two fucking years ago. this band is cool. this record is cool. nothing life changing, but it rocks. |