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| Anchor DownSteel to Dust2009 Solidarity 
  Review by: Dante3000 See others by this writer Anchor Down's MySpace (link) Only registered users can post comments 
 Published on April 24th 2009
It's easy to romanticize about one's past. Sometimes I find myself looking back on times gone by where a group of friends would seem to spend endless nights idling away at nothing. We'd leave a movie, show, party or whatever function we were at that night, and pile into someones 1980-something or other with a rear door that didn't open and three functioning seat belts and peel out like a bat out of hell (even though there was nowhere to really go). Someone would flip through an oversized CD binder and pick out whatever melodic punk band we were digging at the time; Bouncing Souls, the Broadways, NOFX, Operation Ivy all laid side by side, waiting to get selected and put into the portable CD player that was connected to the car's tape deck through a weird adapter that was purchased at Radio Shack. These albums required being played as loud as possible, as we all shouted along in the backseat and the car filled with the smoke of the driver's Camel Wides.
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REVIEW OF THE YEAR im buying this just because of the review haha I like Dantes review, it's a nice change really. You can stream the entire record and win a copy of it at ThePunkSite.com (here:http://thepunksite.com/contests.php?page=solidarity ) that was supposed to be four stars. You get my point. I agree with nocigar. Score is for the reviewer. Well said. It's nice to have someone write something besides straight up reviews every now and then. It changes up the pace, and I actually enjoyed reading this...because it's exactly what i did in my small ass town growing up. We didn't have access to Mexican Fireworks though, so we just lit shit on fire with gasoline we stole from my buddy's Excavation Company he worked for. "World War 1" is one of the catchiest songs I've heard in a long time. This band is fucking sick. It hasn't left my cd player since I bought it. I guess I am addicted. Well if kylewagoner says it..... Dante, I like you and what I've heard from this band so fuck everyone else! Your mom's good in bed. Your mom's good in bed. You're funny. I just taught you how to do the italic code 4 seconds ago. Your Mom is a good band. Get Bent is a good band. LOL at this bitch-ass review. Dante traveling down memory lane is so fuckin' precious. Get Bent is a good band. this, coming from a dude who probably used to laugh at larry the cable guy until someone told him it wasn't funny. don't you think you're calling the kettle black? honestly, i'm kinda surprised that you didn't just reply with, "that's so funny i forgot to LOL".
p.s. i aint your son, pal. dante, next time you feel like taking a drive down memory lane, do us all a favor and drive yourself off a cliff. nobody cares for your nostalgic bullshit. Score's for the reviewer, the guy will lead you on, and just when you think you're in, he'll drop you. Fuck you, dante. Fuck you. glad you guys dig this record! it really is good and they are super rad guys to work with! thanks dante for reviewing it! sounds like you contributed a lot to global warming. These guys rule. Ever since we played with them in Portland, we literally drove to Seattle, Boise, Reno, and back listening to this record. Great music, great basements, and most of all rad fkn dudes. Buy this record and see them live! LOL@astronautjones. It's like comedy gold son! "I don't care what you write. I care so little I'm going to get a general idea of what was said and then comment about how little I care!" I wanted to buy this the last time I seen them but I spent my last six bucks to get into the show. nobody wants to read your sad little diary dante. This EP is my album of the year. The double axed attack with intricate guitar solos, dueling raspy and harmonious vocals, all anchored by a strong rhythm section is what melodic punk is meant to be. It's about time there was a new band doing that classic East Bay/Midwest sound. I love it! They blend quite a few styles well. Thanks Epoch...It's a little self indulgent but all I could think of when I spun this record was, "Damn..This would sound so tight in the back of a civic going 85 down the highway at 2am and nowhere to be". Plus I try not to do, "For fans of..". Nice review Dante. I dunno, all I could think about when I was listening to this album was all that old nostalgic shit. Maybe it doesn't sound exactly like those bands but that's what I was thinking of when I heard it. i like it. wouldn't mind hearing the guy try singing outside of his range a bit more though. I can see the band being disappointed in this review... it doesn't describe their sound at all. People will think "ew, this sounds like old skatepunk?" but it doesn't at all. Great. Now you've made me nostalgic. |
