Produced by Blink 182 and Jimmy Eat World collaborator, Mark Trombino, What It Is To Burn might just about fulfil the raucous punk/metal dream of the increasingly estimable, Drive Thru Records – home to teen sensations Something Corporate, Midtown, New Found Glory and The Bejamins amoungst others.
Harder, grittier and far far noisier than many of their label brethren, the Californian quintet deliver a pretty exceptional punk-metal record that may provide a suitable competitor to the likes of At The Drive In and Hundred Reasons. It’s not perfect – but what is? – but the bands confident songwriting skills and the sheer craft of the racket makes for a fairly convincing stab at the hardcore.
For kids and big kids alike.
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