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.
Something For The Weekend (21/9/2012)
As another week draws to a close, it’s time to shed light on another three bands for your listening pleasure. This week we highlight Crowds (an alternative rock band from Leeds), Housefires (rifftastic hardcore from Portsmouth) and Whiskers (punk rock for those who love facial hair).
Sadly it seems that the festival period is over now that Southsea Fest is out of the way and most of us can’t afford to visit The Fest in Gainesville so it may be time to put the tent back in the loft and look forwards to seeing which new bands emerge over the coming months ready to surprise us come spring next year.
If you’d like to be featured on “Something For The Weekend” or have some “local heroes” to be featured, send an e-mail to Richard Heaven (Richard@AlreadyHeard.com).
Crowds
For Fans Of: Motion City Soundtrack and Placebo
Crowds got in touch a couple of weeks ago which was a blessing as, in all fairness, I probably wouldn’t have listened to them otherwise. A relatively new band, Crowds seem to take the best parts of mid-2000’s indie/alt rock (think Placebo’s ‘Meds’) and bring it into the new decade. The intro to ‘Losing Grip’ reminds me a little of Motion City Soundtrack and, whilst the recordings seem to focus on the lead guitar lines and vocals, I could see them creating a fair wall of noise live. To summerise: catchy Alt-Rock with bite.
Crowds on Facebook, Twitter, Bandcamp and Soundcloud.
Housefires
For Fans Of: Every Time I Die and The Chariot
Although we knew of Housefires long before Southsea Fest, I felt it was time to feature them on SFTW after finally catching them live. ‘Before The Ceiling Caves,’ their debut 6 track EP, is a solid mixture of various hardcore styles (Southern Hardcore and Post-Hardcore being the most prominent) whilst still retaining a punky edge. I really enjoyed it and I’m sure that if you’re a fan of ETID and The Chariot then you will too.
Housefires on Official Website, Facebook, Twitter and Bandcamp
Whiskers
For Fans Of: The Steal and facial hair.
Whiskers is a mysterious entity from Norwich containing a number of established musicians with a taste for facial hair. With the longest song clocking in at 1 min and 55 seconds, the 8 track EP is over in a flash, but there’s definitely a couple of laughs to be said and some of the more fully formed tracks really show promise. Imagine The Steal jamming with ‘How To Clean Everything’-era Propaghandi… with moustaches.
Whiskers on Facebook and Bandcamp.
Words and Photos by Richard Heaven.
