One of the most cosistent and hard working bands around offer up another slab of great heavy hardcore with their debut full length, Pendulum Swings. These midwest warriors step their game up big time across the table, the lyrics, the music, the production, everything about this release. Even the 2 tracks they re-recorded from Suffer the Cycle (Sleep Lost and Focus) sound like brand new songs on this, not that they weren't already great songs.
Josh (vocalist) keeps his lyrics simple without coming across vague or cliche. He gets to the point and you know what he is talking about. He lays everything he is feeling right out on the table and allows you take a step into his head and see what he is going through.
Musically, expect what you have always loved about EXPIRE while also showing some growth. Straight forward mid-paced parts with some bounce and fast parts tossed in for good measure. Nothing too fancy, just solid hardcore. How this band manages to have everything that makes up a great hardcore song and still keep it under 2 minutes is something that I have always thought is awesome.
Pick this up is you are a fan of EXPIRE or if you haven't checked them out yet(which at this point, why wouldn't you?) This will be one of the top LPs of 2012 without a doubt.
Check them out:
Big Cartel
Bridge 9 Records
