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June 10, 2006

New CDs

I bought a couple of CDs the other day. I purchased Rise Against - Siren Song of the Counter Culture and Panic! At the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out. Both are pretty good.

Rise Against is (from what I heard) supposed to be hardcore punk. While I probably wouldn't classify it as such, it is definitely more punk than most of the punk-pop that is on the radio right now. I probably wouldn't classify it as punk though, simply because the songs are over 2 minutes in length. =) It's pretty good too. I have been enjoying it this past week, there are about 5 songs that I rate at 4 stars (out of 5) on my iPod. I give the CD a rating of 4 out of 5 pirates.

Panic! At the Disco is fairly new, it has Fall Out Boy's singer, but I don't know if it has any other of Fall Out Boy's band members. I haven't unfortunately given it much of a listen yet, but so far it sounds fairly comparable to most of Fall Out Boy's stuff. I'll probably give it a more in depth listen soon and will post a rating, but for now I can't since I haven't given it a serious listen.

Posted by Michael at June 10, 2006 11:17 PM

Comments

hmm, didn't know that panic!'s singer was from fall out boy. interesting. i really like them, though!

Posted by: Anonymous at June 11, 2006 12:26 AM

I'm pretty sure that it's him, but I am only using the sound of his voice to help me determine that fact. If it isn't the singer from Fall Out Boy, they sure sound the same.

Posted by: Michael at June 11, 2006 06:05 PM

that was pretty bold to say that fall out boy's singer is also panic!'s singer without checking it out. you are close here, though. the lyricist/bassist of fall out boy signed panic! to his record label. so there is a connection, just not a vocal one.

you are probably more of an expert in this "field" than i am, but vocalists in bands like these tend to sound the same, at least to me. a distinctive one is AFI's vocalist, though. you can tell in an instant that it's him!

Posted by: Anonymous at June 12, 2006 04:58 PM

Yeah, I'm often bold. I'm often wrong too. I wonder if there's a connection there...

In some of Panic!'s songs, specifically the first couple on the CD, the lead singer sounds a lot like FOB. Granted a lot of those bands' singers do sound the same.

I probably would have put quotes around "expert" instead of field on that one...but that's just me. =)

Yeah, AFI's lead singer has a very distinctive voice. I haven't picked up their new CD yet though. I'm thinking about it.

Posted by: Michael at June 12, 2006 05:39 PM