UPC: 894587002225
Format: CD
Release Date: Jan 01, 2009
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Personnel: Ben Bruce (vocals, guitar).
Audio Mixer: Joey Sturgis.
Recording information: The Foundation Recording Studio.
Photographer: Phill Mamula.
The flurry of post-hardcore activity in the `00s is a formidable area to keep tabs on, even for hardened fans of heavy music; new hybrids continue to redefine the genre making for ever more unlikely, previously inconceivable, combinations. Enter U.K.-based unit Asking Alexandria, who blend screamo's angst-ridden intensity with the epic synthscapes and club-styled beats of trance-electronica. The band's debut, STAND UP AND SCREAM, true to its title, offers a lot of screaming (of the now standard melodic, emo-influenced variety), contrasted with growling (of the now standard metalcore variety), garnished with the occasional four-on-the-floor techno beat. And as seemingly grab-bag as that sounds, Asking Alexandra somehow make it all work, transitioning effortlessly from club stomp to blast beats, distorted guitar riffs to glossy synth arpeggios--a sure fire formula to help them stand apart from their increasingly similar-sounding compatriots.
Audio Mixer: Joey Sturgis.
Recording information: The Foundation Recording Studio.
Photographer: Phill Mamula.
The flurry of post-hardcore activity in the `00s is a formidable area to keep tabs on, even for hardened fans of heavy music; new hybrids continue to redefine the genre making for ever more unlikely, previously inconceivable, combinations. Enter U.K.-based unit Asking Alexandria, who blend screamo's angst-ridden intensity with the epic synthscapes and club-styled beats of trance-electronica. The band's debut, STAND UP AND SCREAM, true to its title, offers a lot of screaming (of the now standard melodic, emo-influenced variety), contrasted with growling (of the now standard metalcore variety), garnished with the occasional four-on-the-floor techno beat. And as seemingly grab-bag as that sounds, Asking Alexandra somehow make it all work, transitioning effortlessly from club stomp to blast beats, distorted guitar riffs to glossy synth arpeggios--a sure fire formula to help them stand apart from their increasingly similar-sounding compatriots.
Tracks:
1 - Alerion
2 - Final Episode (Let's Change Channel)
3 - Candlelit Dinner with Inamorta
4 - Nobody Don't Dance No More
5 - Hey There Mr. Brooks
6 - Hiatus
7 - If You Can't Ride Two Horses at Once You Should Get out of T
8 - Single Moment of Sincerity
9 - Not the American Average
10 - I Used to Have a Best Friend (But Then He Gave Me an STD)
11 - Prophecy
12 - I Was Once Possibly Maybe Perhaps a Cowboy King
13 - When Everyday's the Weekend
2 - Final Episode (Let's Change Channel)
3 - Candlelit Dinner with Inamorta
4 - Nobody Don't Dance No More
5 - Hey There Mr. Brooks
6 - Hiatus
7 - If You Can't Ride Two Horses at Once You Should Get out of T
8 - Single Moment of Sincerity
9 - Not the American Average
10 - I Used to Have a Best Friend (But Then He Gave Me an STD)
11 - Prophecy
12 - I Was Once Possibly Maybe Perhaps a Cowboy King
13 - When Everyday's the Weekend