Saves the Day, Kid Dynamite, Lifetime, Fairweather, The Movielife, Grey Area, Paint it Black, The Get Up Kids, Hey Mercedes, Braid, None More Black, Shook Ones, The Promise Ring, The Weakerthans, Crime in Stereo, Dillinger Four, Reach the Sky, American Steel, Jets to Brazil, Superchunk, Hot Water Music, Fireworks.
There was a time, and not that long ago, when supporting punk music meant heading off to your local fire hall or basement on a Friday night to see five bands for five bucks. Friends manned small tables in the back of the room selling hand-screened shirts and patches. Meanwhile, the bands played as we stood shoulder to shoulder celebrating the alternative we created to crowded parking lots and thirty-dollar ticket prices.
On "Forging a Future," San Francisco's First To Leave suggest that perhaps somewhere amidst the fashion of the current scene, we have forgotten what is truly important about punk rock. It is the music and the ideals it carries. It is the concept of hope, and the promise that a network of kids working together can make a difference.
On songs like "Two Guns, One Mile" and "The Blind Man," First To Leave reintroduce this concept with heart-pounding brilliance. "The Saving Cycle" builds upon the momentum with similar energy and conviction. Nowhere, however, is First To Leave's message more prominent than on "Drag the Lake." Lyrics like "Let me see you run. Are you having fun hiding what's going on? Are you working out your kinks? Can you hear the audience? They're laughing now. Is it breaking up your cadence?," confirm that today's version of arena-esque punk rock leaves something to be desired. Perhaps it's the contradiction that punk is a mainstream commodity easily bought and sold like any other music genre. Maybe, it's just a lack of heart in the message. Whatever the cause, First To Leave is clear they do not propose to remedy the problem by rehashing old territory. Rather, on songs like Revival (Starts and Ends) First To Leave prove it is a new beginning they seek, one that incorporates the best of the past while looking forward to the future.
"Forging a Future" was recorded at Magpie Studios with producer J Robbins (AGAINST ME!, PAINT IT BLACK, and THE PROMISE RING). Forging a Future will be released by Wednesday Records on October 9, 2007.
"Greenwood" Live at Blackwater Cafe.
This song will be on an upcoming split with Valve Drive and will be released in Japan.
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Thanks . hey, if you get a chance, would you mind checking out my site, yourareacode.com? I built it so that everyone could know what's going on in the local scene. It's all user-generated so if you know of something, please post it! I would love to hear back from you on what you think of it too. Thanks!
Gig At The Red House Sheffield - Next Satuday!!!. get involed. £4 squids in late licence - 6pm till sometime in the early hours...
PARTY GARBAGE (alcohol drinking, burrito eating punx from texas) COP OUT (steel city skate or die pissed up youth crew, comin' thru) OFFSHORE RADIO (leeds supergroup, super good old school punk rock clash styley! ) THE AMISTAD (socially aware melodic gruff from 'suburbs) THE COST OF LIVING (female fronted discount/fifth hour hero esque, top tunes and good backing beards) THE 255'S (manc dudes, ex for old times sake,)
Gig At The Red House Sheffield - Next Satuday!!!. get involed. £4 squids in late licence - 6pm till sometime in the early hours...
PARTY GARBAGE (alcohol drinking, burrito eating punx from texas) COP OUT (steel city skate or die pissed up youth crew, comin' thru) OFFSHORE RADIO (leeds supergroup, super good old school punk rock clash styley! ) THE AMISTAD (socially aware melodic gruff from 'suburbs) THE COST OF LIVING (female fronted discount/fifth hour hero esque, top tunes and good backing beards) THE 255'S (manc dudes, ex for old times sake,)
Gig At The Red House Sheffield - Next Satuday!!!. get involed. £4 squids in late licence - 6pm till sometime in the early hours...
PARTY GARBAGE (alcohol drinking, burrito eating punx from texas) COP OUT (steel city skate or die pissed up youth crew, comin' thru) OFFSHORE RADIO (leeds supergroup, super good old school punk rock clash styley! ) THE AMISTAD (socially aware melodic gruff from 'suburbs) THE COST OF LIVING (female fronted discount/fifth hour hero esque, top tunes and good backing beards) THE 255'S (manc dudes, ex for old times sake,)
come play in southern california so I can be serenaded by your dudes tunes again. Haven't seen you guys since that month where me and my buddies saw you like 3 out of 4 weekends in the bay area lol before I moved to southern california.
Thanks for helping keep the scene alive for new up and coming bands. I also wanted to let you know and others that on the 13th of April the first 40 bands that send me a comment telling be what they think of the tunes will be put on my top friends list. So hit me up and be honest about what you think of it, Thanx
