Paint It Black is the most consistent band in hardcore. They have made one thing known-they are going to give you hardcore that is melodic at times, ferocious and discordant at others and Dan Yemin's lyrics will be angry, poignant and at times, humorous and sarcastic. Most bands with this pedigree would rest on their laurels, but as Paint It Black has shown the only thing they’re going to do every time is mix it up- one minute is uncomfortable and furious, the next minute cathartic and energetic, and closing with "Bliss"-the song described by Yemin as "sounding like Fugazi having a three-way with Jawbreaker and Nirvana."
Amnesia is, of course, also available in the more environmentally-friendly digital format from iTunes, eMusic and Amazon.
PAINT IT BLACK "NEW LEXICON" CD/LP OUT NOW !
PAINT IT BLACK's New Lexicon was not easy to produce, but it’s gritty, thunderous and ugly — just the way hardcore punk should be.
New Lexicon marks PAINT IT BLACK's first recording with new guitarist Josh Agran (Knives Out, Affirmative Action Jackson) and drummer Jared Shavelson (The Hope Conspiracy, None More Black) and boasts guest vocals from Jeff Pezzati (Naked Raygun). Still, many of the best surprises occur behind the scenes.
Rather than straining to re-create "lo-fi" in a studio, New Lexicon rings in an aggressive clarity from engineer J. Robbins’ (Modern Life is War, Against Me!). With a thick low-end up front (think Bad Brains' ROIR sessions), New Lexicon says that aggression doesn’t have to be found only in thick guitars.
From here, the album was passed on to co-producer Oktopus of the indie hip hop group Dälek. Here, the existing sounds of feedback, bass booms and cymbal crashes were twisted into haunting ambient interludes and serpentine waves trailing behind the buzz saw riffs.
With little debate, this is PAINT IT BLACK's finest hour …or, half-hour, anyway, with 15 songs clocking in at a dizzying 30 minutes, 26 seconds.
Fugazi - 'Waiting Room' (Dischord) Teenage Bottlerocket - 'Skate or Die' (Fat Wreck Chords) Star F'ing Hipsters - 'The Civilization Show' (Alternative Tentacles) The Aggrolites - 'Sufferer' (In Session) AFI - 'Beautiful Thieves' (Interscope) Against Me! - 'Up The Cuts' (Sire) Dead To Me - 'Little Brother' (Fat Wreck Chords) The Ghost of a Thousand - 'Knees, Toes, Teeth' (Epitaph) The Exploited - 'Punk’s Not Dead' (Secret) Social Distortion - 'Far Behind' (Time Bomb) The Arteries - 'Paying For The Name' (Art of The Underground) The Magnificent - 'Citizen X' (Sub Pop) Paint It Black In Session - 'Sacred' (Radio 1 Session) Thrice - 'All The World Is Mad' (In Session) Outlaw Anthems: 5 Chuck Ragan - Gold Country 4 Thrice - Beggers 3 Billy Talent - III 2 AFI - Crash Love 1 Frank Turner - Poetry of The Deed Spinnerette - 'All Babes Are Wolves' (Hassle) Pinhead Gunpowder - 'Losers of The Year' (No Idea) NOFX - 'You’re Wrong' (Fat Wreck Chords) No Friends - 'Loaded Question' (No Idea) Crazy Arm - 'Still To Keep' (Xtra Mile) Dead Swans - 'Thinking of You' (Bridge Nine) Alexisonfire - 'Born & Bred' (Roadrunner) Paint It Black In Session'Bliss' & 'Surrender' (Radio 1 Session) Pennywise - 'We’re Gonna Fight' (BYO) 7 Seconds - 'Sink With California' (BYO) Rise Against - 'Savior' (Interscope) Sonic Boom Six - 'Back to Skool'
I fucking get goose bumps when I hear the Bridge to Sacred "Today! I felt my time slipping away" I also felt like a dick when I completed Andy on the vocals and he said it was Josh...i was like. DOH!
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