{"id":5746,"date":"2016-04-06T13:40:09","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T13:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/influences-five-songs-that-influenced-lock-key\/"},"modified":"2016-04-06T13:40:09","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T13:40:09","slug":"influences-five-songs-that-influenced-lock-key","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/influences-five-songs-that-influenced-lock-key\/","title":{"rendered":"Influences: Five Songs That Influenced Lock &amp; Key"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/b129ef6f91e0d9ca37d37d0d3fb0b3f6\/tumblr_o54nkxUzqi1r8no6so1_1280.jpg\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>With their debut album, <i>&lsquo;Peaceless,&rsquo;<\/i> metallic hardcore mob <b>Lock &amp; Key<\/b> produce a blistering set of thumping, adrenaline-filled songs. Throughout tracks such as <i>&#8216;No Acceptance&rsquo;<\/i> and <i>&#8216;Unclear State of Mind&rsquo;<\/i> serve to be upfront and confrontational as the quintet take a no-holds barred approach.<\/p>\n<p>As they prepare unleash <i>&#8216;Peaceless&rsquo;<\/i> this Friday, we asked <b>Lock &amp; Key<\/b> to tell us about five songs that have influenced them along the way.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<h2>NOFX &#8211; Pump Up The Valuum <\/h2>\n<p>Massive fan of the &ldquo;thrashy melodic&rdquo; feel that <b>NOFX<\/b> get on this album and whole album. This sound is definitely something we&rsquo;ve tried to incorporate into song of the guitar work.<\/p>\n<h2>The Offspring &#8211; One Fine Day<\/h2>\n<p>I remember hearing this song when I was a teenager with the &ldquo;anthem&rdquo; style chorus, and basically at we stole the &ldquo;three stabs&rdquo; at the end of it and whacked it in <i>&#8216;Hostile&rsquo;<\/i> during the pre-chorus. Not obvious to the untrained ear!<\/p>\n<p><!-- more --><\/p>\n<h2>Stick To Your Guns &#8211; Against Them All <\/h2>\n<p>A band we very much look up to musically and ethically, the song is a good all rounder of their style and is a record we listened to a lot during the writing side of <i>&#8216;Peaceless.&rsquo;<\/i><\/p>\n<h2>Dead Players &#8211; Premium Murkage<\/h2>\n<p>Big fans of the UK Hip Hop scene and the <b>Dead Players<\/b> mixtape was something we played a lot on some of the long drives in Europe. I tried to incorporate some of the fast paced vocal lines to the album, but obviously in more of a &ldquo;hardcore&rdquo; twist.<\/p>\n<h2>Down To Nothing &#8211; Life On The James<\/h2>\n<p>Subconsciously I guess this song had some influence to some of the melodic choruses we had on the album, one of the best hardcore bands to date and this album was played a lot during the writing of <i>&#8216;Peaceless&rsquo;<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8216;Peaceless&rsquo;<\/i> by <b>Lock &amp; Key<\/b> is released on April 8th via <b>Crooked Noise<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Lock &amp; Key<\/b> links: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lockandkeyhc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lockandkeyhc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lockandkeyhc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/lockandkeyhc.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With their debut album, &lsquo;Peaceless,&rsquo; metallic hardcore mob Lock &amp; Key produce a blistering set of thumping, adrenaline-filled songs. 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