{"id":20239,"date":"2014-08-12T15:12:27","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T15:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-four-year-strong-go-down-in\/"},"modified":"2018-03-17T15:08:53","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T15:08:53","slug":"album-review-four-year-strong-go-down-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-four-year-strong-go-down-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Four Year Strong &#8211;  Go Down in History EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/tumblr_inline_na5ur5FdLJ1qheirv.jpg\" width=\"150px\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/strong><strong>Four Year Strong<\/strong> are back. After the disastrous misstep that was <em>\u2018In Some Way Shape or Form\u2019<\/em>,\u00a0 in which <strong>Four Year Strong<\/strong> cut ties with their pop-punk roots in favour of a more radio rock sound, the band were left at a loose end.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately they\u2019ve resolved this by returning back to basics, and <em>\u2018Go Down in History\u2019<\/em> has enough energy across its five tracks to reassure fans that the band have returned to form.\u00a0 Starting with a bang, they declare,\u00a0<em>\u201cIt\u2019s time to set the record straight and hope we don\u2019t fade out<\/em>\u201d, following this with the infectiously catchy chorus of <em>\u201cif you try and take me out, you best break all my bones\u201d,<\/em> it\u2019s fun and memorable, with all the sing-along capabilities of a track off <em>&lsquo;Enemy of the World&rsquo;<\/em>.<!-- more --><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>With themes such as sticking around, not giving up and resurrection pervading the five tracks, it\u2019s clear that <strong>Four Year Strong<\/strong> are savvy, indirectly answering fans about their misdirection. While <em>\u2018Go Down in History\u2019 <\/em>has back to back solid tracks, <strong>Four Year Strong<\/strong> certainly haven\u2019t improved their lyrics. TS Eliot they aren\u2019t, and they seemingly jam rhyming words in for rhythm purposes, regardless of whether they make sense \u2013 <em>\u201cmove your hands back and forth in perfect symmetry and live like a time bomb, that doesn\u2019t have long\u201d<\/em>, may sparkle when set to a catchy beat, but it doesn\u2019t stand up to too much inspection.<\/p>\n<p>While bands such as The Wonder Years and A Day to Remember have grown up, progressed and matured, <strong>Four Year Strong<\/strong> are sticking to anthemic, aggressive pop punk and in this instance that\u2019s by no means a bad thing.\u00a0Over too fast, but giving a taste of what\u2019s to come, <strong>Four Year Strong<\/strong> are back to blow the rest of the pop-punk bandwagon away.<\/p>\n<p>4\/5<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Go Down in History\u2019<\/em> by <strong>Four Year Strong<\/strong> is out now on <strong>Pure Noise Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Four Year Strong <\/strong>links: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fouryearstrongmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/fouryearstrong\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fouryearstrong\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Jay Sullivan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four Year Strong are back. After the disastrous misstep that was \u2018In Some Way Shape or Form\u2019,\u00a0 in which Four Year Strong cut ties with their pop-punk roots in favour of a more radio rock sound, the band were left at a loose end.\u00a0 Fortunately they\u2019ve resolved this by returning back to basics, and \u2018Go [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,8181],"tags":[5879,1057,9216,66],"class_list":["post-20239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","category-post","tag-album-reviews","tag-four-year-strong","tag-go-down-in-history","tag-pure-noise-records"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Album Review: Four Year Strong - Go Down in History EP - Already Heard Staging<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Four Year Strong are back. 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