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FIVES: THE BEST WONDER YEARS SONGSThis week Lansdale, Pennsylvania’s The Wonder Years released their fourth album - ‘The Greatest Generation,’ a record that sees the pop punk quintet reach their creative peak in a number of ways. With a wealth of material in their discography, Already Heard's Sean Reid and Tom Knott took on the tricky task of picking out the five best songs from The Wonder Years. Find out what we picked and let us know if you agree or disagree?
INTERVIEW: MALLORY KNOXFollowing the release of their superb 'Signals' album, Mallory Knox have certainly become ones to watch in recent months. We caught up with the band to discuss joining Search & Destroy Records, how vital the festival season and touring are, what it feels like to be a part
of the expanding British rock scene and much more.
ALREADY HEARD RECOMMENDS: OVER THE OCEANOver The Ocean have crafted a compelling, brooding record with their latest effort ‘Be Given To The Soil.’ With intense specific precision and delicate accuracy that echoes the likes of Explosions In The Sky and Sigur Ros. Jesse Hill from the band to discusses how the
album came together, the importance of precision, being compared to post-rock pioneers and more.
VERSUS: BRING ME THE HORIZON - 'THERE IS A HELL...' VS 'SEMPITERNAL'After a top ten UK album and an outstanding UK tour with festival dates on both sides of the Atlantic to follow, Bring Me The Horizon are having a fantastic 2013 and are now featured in the latest edition of "Versus." It's ‘There is a Hell, Believe Me I’ve Seen It. There is a Heaven, Let’s Keep it a Secret’ vs the bands latest release, 'Sempiternal.'
ALREADY HEARD TRACK GUIDE: ALEXANDER - SAY HELLOWe catch up with Newcastle Indie Rock quartet Alexander to find out more about their debut album 'Say Hello' for a “Already Heard Track Guide” feature.
INTERVIEW: TITLE FIGHTHaving briefly returned to the UK for the Hit The Deck Festival before starting a European
tour, we caught up with vocalist/bassist Ned Russin to discuss the bands progression in sound, differences between UK and US festivals, their recent split with Touché Amoré,
having friends on tour and more.
Album Review: We Are The Physics – Your Friend, The Atom
Hailing from Glasgow, We Are The Physics are quite the distinctive band. The four-piece are back with their new release ‘Your Friend, The Atom,’ treating their already loyal fan base to a very chaotic offering. The band name itself blatantly conveys the bands love for science as does the album title.Their very unique sound makes it difficult to classify them within a genre, so they took it in their stride to create a fictional offering of ‘mutant science punk rock.’ I’d say that this sums up We Are The Physics sound pretty perfectly.
Opener ‘Go Go Nucleo -> For Science’ kick starts the record with electronic sounding guitar effects and rapid drums with We Are The Physics starting as they mean to go on. Welcoming quirky, high pitched vocals the four-piece has created a very individual sound less than a minute into the record. This continues with ‘Applied Robotics’ where I find myself completely addicted to the four-piece. Both fascinated and intrigued by their distinctive character there are still another twelve tracks to go and I can’t help but feel disappointed in myself for not having listened to them before.
With beyond unusual time signatures, ‘Dildonics’ is the standout track for me. It’s captivating energy and stupidly infectious guitar lines mid song leave me speechless, and that’s without mentioning the crossover vocals that really top this track. ‘All My Friends Are JPEGs’ is another fantastic offering on the record and one that calls for interaction, with a chant that includes the lyrics “I crop off your legs, I tag you, you tag me, all my friends are JPEGS.” This fun and quirky attitude is one of the many admirable traits that We Are The Physics possess, another reason why I can’t help but love the band.
Ending track ‘Olivia Neutron Bomb’ slows the record down somewhat, consider it a cool down after a crazy workout. The record is also slowed in pace midway through with the slightly controversially named ‘There Is No Cure For The Common Cold So Don’t Expect A Cure For Cancer’. Despite loving ‘Your Friend, The Atom’ for its chaotic energy it was nice to hear a slower track that still possessed the bands individual sound and technicalities.
‘Your Friend, The Atom’ is a truly unique record. It is so fast paced that after listening to it the entire way through I feel like I need to lie down. This is definitely not a criticism: the record kept me on my toes and certainly grabbed hold of my attention from the minute it began right until the very end. Their technicality astounds me and their musical ability is beyond this planet; ‘Your Friend, The Atom’ is a fantastic record and after listening to this masterpiece you will certainly crave more.
4.5/5
‘Your Friend, The Atom’ by We Are The Physics is out 22nd October via This Is Fake DIY Records.
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Words by Hannah Gillicker (@HannahGillicker)
