A long overdue re-design of the Solid State Records website has begun and is in the Beta stage. It’s looking very promising, tying in more with the Tooth and Nail website redesign with a more beat up, grungy look.
Go check it out and let us know what you think.
When I passed the Glasgow Garage at 2PM, there were already people queuing outside. And with good reason: Florida’s finest Christian noisemongers Underoath were returning to the UK for the first time in two years, hot on the heels of new record Lost In The Sound Of Separation. Many people were very excited: and I won’t lie - I was one of them. Read the rest of this entry »
As I write this, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster are busily writing material for their next album. They hit the studio at the beginning of December and we should expect a release before Summer next year.
It’s going to be interesting to hear what a big line-up (only Dallas and Roman are original members) change has produced sound-wise. I really can’t see it sounding anything like the previous two albums but we’ll see, I could be wrong.
I don’t know if this is old news or not but Lakes have a new song up on their myspace page titled The Heart Is An Anchor.
Frontman Seth Roberts used to front the excellent Watashi Wa and if you were ever a fan of them then you will recognise Seth’s distinctive vocals straight away.
Lakes is for fans of the indie/folk genre with very laid-back, melodic songs. They have an EP out titled Photographs EP which is definitely worth a listen. Also check out their new website for more information on this great band, who really should be more mainstream than they are.
The Devil Wears Prada will be re-releasing their album Plagues on October 28th through Rise Records.
I guess this is due to their rising popularity and Rise Records wanting in on the money.
So, if you like TDWP and haven’t got Plagues then maybe best waiting to get this re-release as you’ll be getting a CD/DVD combo with the Spring 2008 Tour & Warped Tour Video Footage & The Hey John and HTML Official Music Videos on the DVD.
Inside a few copies of new record Lost In The Sound Of Separation, Underoath have placed a golden ticket. This ticket will allow the lucky winner free entry to all Underoath concerts, anywhere in the world, for life.
If I still worked in HMV, I’d be searching every copy in stock right now.
Head on over to Emery’s myspace and check out their new video update. It’s a strange one, but depending on your sense of humour, it’s hilarious!
There’s also a preview of one of the new tracks from the upcoming EP While Broken Hearts Prevail (October 28th) playing in the video and can I just say, it’s sounding amazing with lots of The Weaks End bleeding through a more mature vocal sound.
I want a scooter now.
In preparation to review Underoath’s new record, Lost In The Sound Of Separation, I listened to every Underoath record from start to finish, including the brutal Dallas Taylor-fest Act Of Depression, just to get some perspective.
Underoath are famous for changing their sound between every release, so how does the new record sound? Thankfully, they haven’t departed too much from 2006’s phenomenal Define The Great Line. There’s definitely more heaviness, more low growls from Spencer Chamberlain, but overall the sounds is a natural progression. Not quite a different sound, not quite Define The Great Line 2.0.
Right now, and presumably for a limited time only, you can listen to the entirity of Underøath’s new album online at their MySpace.
Lost In The Sound Of Seperation is being released tomorrow. At least one of StereoFire’s editors (me!) will be downloading it at midnight. Or as soon as it’s available on iTunes.
Underoath tour the UK next week in support of the new record, and will be hitting Glasgow’s Garage on Sunday (7th September), along with Oh Sleeper and Envy On The Coast. We’ll be there!
