| Wolves And Thieves / Ii |
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| Album: | Ii | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Wolves And Thieves | Added: | Jun 2011 | |
| Label: | Downsided Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-11-20 | Pull Date: | 2012-01-22 |
| Week Ending: | Jan 15 | Dec 25 | Nov 27 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 08, 2012: | ThermoNuclear Bar Monsters | 3. | Nov 24, 2011: | meow Untitled | |
| 2. | Dec 22, 2011: | ThermoNuclear Bar Special Avalanche | ||||
| Album Review |
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| Mir Reviewed 2011-11-20 | ||
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The angry and hard-hitting 11 – the sophomore effort of Bay Area-based Wolves and Thieves – is solid punk/hardcore. Melody has been relegated to a place of secondary importance. Jeremy Lux can’t resist the scream-yell delivery, but when he actually sings he’s pretty good. The first half is better than the last. There’s some excellent guitar work here, making this into a solid punk album. No FCCs detected. Recommended 1, 2, and 6 – plus 5 if you’re looking for an awesome guitar solo. 1*. 1:05 Starts with five seconds or so of distortion. Rather dark mood, but harmonic chorus with nice guitars. 2*. 2:01 Initially mellower than most of their other songs, but grows intense. A lot of emotion communicated through the singer’s voice; nice clean guitar solo three-quarters of the way through. 3. 1:11 Despairing and self-pitying. Consistent singing and driving guitars. 4. 1:49 Interesting pseudo-political reflection on verdicts and “where the truth is.” Slower than their other stuff – which is to say, still pretty fast. 5. 2:25 Overlapping vocals. Some awesome guitar work – both in an awesome solo and under the vocals. Good mix of vocals and pure instrumental. Last 30 seconds slow, with no singing and lots of distortion. 6*. 2:18 Opening riff reminiscent of surf-rock. More singing (rather than yelling) and more melodic than their other songs. My favorite. 7. 1:10 Good guitar work, but chorus is repetitive and grating. 8. 2:35 A solid effort that starts out slow and then adds their characteristic driving drums and scream-voice. Very rock-like guitar work on this track. 9. 0:42 Very fast, but nothing really stands out here. 10. 2:37 Lyrically interesting. Ends very suddenly, with last 9 seconds being dead air. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Avalanche | 6. | Untitled | |||
| 2. | Standing Under Sheets Of Rain | 7. | Scales | |||
| 3. | Everyday | 8. | When Morris Gets Home | |||
| 4. | Verdict | 9. | Question Mark! | |||
| 5. | Monsters | 10. | Ordinary |