Figured I'd share some old reviews ...

Newsday – Oct 22, 1998
Performance: A Song Writing: B Sound: A-
Inside describes its music as “emo-core,” a brand of hardcore that melds melodies (sometimes pretty, hummable ones) with the charging, distorted guitar sound of punk. It’s basically what would happen if Morrissey, instead of Maynard, was the lead singer of Tool.
That said, Inside singer Michael Malamo does an impressive job of bringing touchy-feely lyrics to hard rock without sounding like a sap. Where the poetry of most punk bands reminds you of a bloodied scab, Mallamo’s incantations read more like the diaries of an outraged but admirably starry-eyed high school senior.
Although lyrics such as “You hold my heart, now hold my hand, mold me anyway you can,” don’t look like much on paper, when joined with the driving guitar work of Jonathan Florencio and Vincent Corrigan, they become the kind of heart-rendering chorus that most musicians dream of writing: the one that could save your life or change it forever. – Issac Guzman

Punx Against Inbreeding #2:
I really liked this CD. Its really melodic indie w/great guitar harmonics. The vocals are good too, only I wish they would get a little harder and edgier sometimes to complement all the soft melody.

Trydent #2:
I first heard these guys about two years ago and instantly loved them. Sometimes slow and emotional, sometimes fast and rockish. I don’t feel right putting them in a certain category, because they don’t belong in one. Very talented at the music they play describes these guys enough. Fans of Texas is the Reason and Sensefield should most likely enjoy this. Even if you like straight hardcore or punk, you might like this, I know I love it. Track one is excellent.

Jersey Beat #64:
A collection of compilation and single tracks from yet another “emotional” post-punk band, but this one has a few key differences. First, they can write songs, rather than just a series of “parts”