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Published on January 24th 2006
Under the moniker Neon Blonde, the Blood Brothers' Johnny Whitney and Mark Gajadhar released an album last year full of electronic flourishes, strange guitar tones, Ziggy Stardust influences, and high-pitched wailing; it was critically praised, but may not have exactly been the most accessible release of the year.
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man, this is bad. i can't believe the singer's not female. if everyone would just stop bitching about scenes and trumpets and gay shit like that and just listened to whatever they wanted to because they liked it, the world would be a better place. That's pretty awesome Nic Newsham is on this album. anyone that calls this band hardcore has definitely not listened to this album. I see where the blood brothers influences are and even mars volta but they still have there own thing going for them. Its all these "anti-scenesters" (who have then just created their own scene) that are the biggest douche bags who rant on about bands they have never heard and saying they are the deterioration of music in general when the hardcore genre hasn't had anything original in like 10 years very unique vocals and varied use of keyboard. great music. great looking guys too. most innovative band of 2005-2006 though i have not heard the album....they are all incredibly nice guys...and if by looking dumb you mean down to earth...and at most look like lumber jacks kind of...then yeah i guess so...they just look like they came from alaska...even though i agree they are from portland, but they do visit alaska quite a bit. Haha, the fact that anyone is calling this band 'hardcore' and uses 'trumpets over blastbeats' just proves that everyone here will happily talk shit on a band without ever hearing their music. This site blows." i can guarantee you that the guys in the band probably look like total buttholes Worst band name/record name combination ever. I spent a good half a minute just figuring that shit out. i picked this up yesterday. been spinning it all morning at my desk at work, and i have to say...i like it. can't put my finger on it...kinda like neon blonde? minus the wailing? i don't fucking know. good stuff. sorry, bad post....what do you CALL bands like A Global Threat? and other semi-notable bands like Sick of it all?? would they be considered uberhardcore, or "ubercore" not bad, but if this is hardcore, what the hell do you bands like A Global Threat??? I'm not necessarily a fan, but this is far from hardcore at all. Haha, the fact that anyone is calling this band 'hardcore' and uses 'trumpets over blastbeats' just proves that everyone here will happily talk shit on a band without ever hearing their music. This site blows. I like this but im getting tired of this whole high pitch voice thang that goin along with this whole style that bands are trying to pull i dont know its weird. Once again, guy below me. That makes 2 of us!!! GO US! Fuck you anonymous below me, fuck you! This CD is pretty good--it's like a less noodly Mars Volta. Still out there, but not groundbreaking. "This girly, "math"- based bullshit has become a bigger, more popular scene than the thrashcore or grind genres combined." When the Locust and Blood Brothers were new, it was cool, but these novelty copycat bands are literally a dime a dozen, and retain nothing but an irritating, lifeless ghost of their influences. Every city has at least one (mine has two!), and what are they lashing out against? This girly, "math"- based bullshit has become a bigger, more popular scene than the thrashcore or grind genres combined. It's gone from this cool reaction against the uptight hardcore crowd to another formula as annoying and disgusting as "screamo". Ken, neither this band nor the Blood Brothers use blastbeats, and I can't remember a single usage of trumpet throughout either band's record(s), so you'll have to clean up your argument a little more. Wanky / arty / dissonant / "damaged" / zany / jangly / moody / wacky Hardcore bands need to collectively go get fucked. I'm sick of stupid dipshits in diapers running around playing a trumpet over weak blastbeats and pretending to be "cutting edge". You are the fucking joke of the hardcore scene, and despite your attempts to lash out at the people who have mocked you by doing something outlandish, you are just emabarassing yourselves in front of a whole new crowd. Your shit fad will pass. You will finish college and get an office job. The Blood Brothers were completely original when they came out, and even now, you always know when you're listening to The Blood Brothers, and not whatever other band may sound like them. so fucking tired of these ironic, "sassy" album/band names. holy shit, have you not listened to the vocals? whats so good about the blood brothers? "Alaska? Aren't they from Portland?" Good review, good album, good band... Alaska? Aren't they from Portland? well written review. maybe i'll check it out. bigwig? yeah, stupidest band name ever. and lame music to boot. seriously gayer than gay cd is okay |
