The rage is back at WPNR! Zach here for another semester of hardcore, punk and metal news!
Bands in focus this week: Polar Bear Club, Four Year Strong, Suicide Silence
I can't not start off this post without talking about the new Polar Bear Club record "Clash Battle Guilt Pride." Polar Bear Club has yet to fail their fans. Their third full length delivers everythinng you expect out of a PBC album. Die hard fans will notice a few changes; unlike a lot of their older material a lot of these songs have choruses, which will undoubtabley make sing alongs at live shows even louder. Don't go thinking the band sold out though. Not to sound like a total hipster, but speaking as someone who's followed them since "The Redder The Better" this is my favorite PBC record to date. Do yourself a favor and give it a spin.
Now time to get cynical. Four Year Strong seems to be taking a nosedive. For those of you who haven't been keeping up on FYS, they recently kicked their screamer/keyboardist Josh out of the band. In an intervirew with Alan he says "there just wasn't a place for Josh's vocal style or keys in the new record." As soon as I heard this I prepared myself for disappointment. After hearing two songs off their newest full length "In Some Way, Shape, or Form" I'm glad that I did. On a side note for all Ceremony fans: take a listen to the chorus of "Falling On You," I think it'll sound familiar...
As for Suicide Silence, I hope you guys are into nu-metal. Otherwise don't even bother giving their newest record "The Black Crown" even a second of your time. And that's all I have to say about that.
October is the month for shows. From Syracuse to Albany, that month is stacked. Be sure to keep yourselves updated, and I'll have a solid show list for you later in a couple weeks.
I'm sure you're all wondering about The Moose Mosh! I'll be back on air this semester, I'm just not sure what day and time at this point. I'll have that down for you in next weeks blog but that's no reason to not stay tuned in to WPNR 90.7FM!
Mosh Hard- Zach
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