Arms Aloft - Comfort At Any Cost 7"

I confess. Besides youth crew hardcore I'm a dead sucker for up tempo poppunk with gruffy vocals. Hot Water Music, Dillinger 4, Kid Dynamite you know the deal. Lately The Loved Ones have been rocking my world as well as Dutchband Tenement Kids.

All these bands are widely known to a large part of the punk and hardcore scene. A band that deserves to be in the same spotlight is Wisconsins' Arms Aloft. Since the debut of The Loved Ones I haven't been as excited by a band in this genre.

Arms Aloft has it all a: great singer, good tunes, sincere lyrics and the right amount of catchyness. Hell they're so good I'm surprised Side One Dummy or Fat Wreck hasn't picked up this band yet. Someone is sleeping!!!

Go and get this record from Deadformat. You won't be dissapointed!

Myspace: Arms Aloft

Reviews 2008

* Atlas Losing Grip - Shut The World Out
* Birds Of A Feather - The Past The Present
* Broken Distance - Hourglass
* Comeback Kid - Through The Noise
* Death Is Not Glamorous/Another Year - Split
* Dillinger Four - Civil War
* Go For Broke - Open Your Mind
* The Hunger - Hope Against Hope
* Lions Den - s/t
* My Turn To Win - Weight Of The World
* Rise Against - Appeal To Reason

Dillinger Four - Civil War (cd)

The uncrowned kings of punkpop deliver again! No, I'm not talking about The Offspring or Green Day but the Dillinger Four. It took them six long years, but finally a new record is out for everyone into sincere, catchy music to enjoy. This release has been controversial since an editor of a college radio station lost his job over it. (The damn fool shouldn't have mailed around his password to fatwrecks'stream)
But it's not just that hype that makes 'Civil War' an important record. No it's songs like 'Gainesville', 'The Art of Whore' and 'Parishiltonisametaphor' that make this album a must-listen-if-you-appreciate-good-music-that-isn't-made-by-boys-in-skinnyjeans-and-makeup.
It may not appeal to as many people as The Gaslight Anthems' 59 Sound (which even my mom loves) but that doesn't mean 'Civil War' is less good. It's just more punk, more underground and finally more songs by the great Minneapolis Four.