The Black Atlantic
Send This Home
Five Point (2007)
Have you ever gone to a movie expecting to see an action movie, but as you watch it, you realize it's a drama? Not quite what you were expecting, but unless you're a meathead you take it for what it is and realize it's still pretty good. This is the case for The Black Atlantic's debut EP Send This Home. The Black Atlantic features Geert van der Velde, former vocalist for melodic hardcore pioneers Shai Hulud. When I heard this, I figured any project with someone from that band must be at least interesting, if not really good. But as I began to listen to this CD, I realized it's not Hearts Once Nourished with Hope and Compassion part two, as I was expecting. Instead, The Black Atlantic takes almost an entire one-eighty from Shai Hulud's guttural screams and heavy breakdowns, and what we get is a slow indie rock sound a la Braid or Band of Horses. Now, ordinarily I might get angry that the new sound of Geert is not that of his past, but luckily, I enjoy bands like Braid. And I cannot get it out of my head how much "Moving Through a Crowd" sounds like … Read more
New Found Glory
From the Screen to Your Stereo Pt. 2
Drive-Thru (2007)
Last year I interviewed New Found Glory drummer Cyrus Bolooki about the possibility of another cover album in similar fashion … Read more
Die! Die! Die!
Die! Die! Die!
S.A.F. (2007)
I don't know why, but there is something really unsubtle about naming a band Die! Die! Die!. It's like using … Read more
