I've had a really shitty day today. I got into a useless argument with my boss. I feel like shit. I'm piss-broke until Wednesday and I'm living off popcorn and Pop-Tarts until then. The last thing I wanted to hear today was a bunch of twenty-something kids telling me how horrible the world is while rehashing every single 90's Fat Wreck back catalog riff they could find. Sadly, that's exactly what I got with Tom's River, NJ's One Win Choice.
On a non-cranky day, I probably wouldn't so against hearing yet another political motivated melodic hardcore/punk band. Actually I'm a huge fan of Strike Anywhere and um, uh, that No Trigger band isn't all that bad. One Win Choice sounds like a decent mix of those bands with adding some No Use for a Name-esque guitar leads. This band would have been ripe for Warped Tour five years ago.
Never Suspend Belief isn't horrible by any means. The sugary sweet side of me likes the catchiness of it all and the rough wheaty side of me just wants to review something I can tear a new asshole. I'm in just such a mood. It sucks that I can't sit here and enjoy this because any other day I probably would. I can't get out of this funk until I shower and overdose on Nyquil, maybe then I'll give One Choice Win a re-listen but that won't be any time during this review. Oh well, at least they have that going for them since Never Suspend Belief isn't going to hit the "sell" pile any time soon.
I need to wrap this up before I really get on One Win Choice's case and tell them to stop trying to sound like Thrice's first album. Ew, Thrice. I have a friend named Zach that likes Thrice and he would probably eat Never Suspend Belief up, he's a big fan of technical riff orientated melodic poppy somewhat overtly political yet personal hardcore bands. Hell he even likes Whippersnapper and no one likes Whippersnapper. No one should like Thrice, but that's a whole other review. Anyhow, do you like melodic punk/melodic hardcore that has a social conscience (like Zach) and could be your soundtrack to your backyard mini-ramp sessions (not like Zach, he snowboards)? Then pick up Never Suspend Disbelief.
