Posted on Under The Gun Review on Monday, November 14th 2011.
The thought of two of the best up and coming Pop Punks releasing a split 7-inch with two popular and emerging DIY labels, sounds incredibly exciting. The two bands in question are Rochester, New York’s Such Gold and Boston, Massachusetts’ A Loss For Words. Both are bands that have slowly and firmly been gathering on both sides of the Atlantic for the best part of 18 months.
The four-track split is jointly being released by two of the most well-respected DIY labels at the moment. No Sleep Records is home to the likes of Into It. Over It., Koji, Aficionado, Santah, Touché Amore and more. Whilst Mightier Than Sword Records is better known for re-pressing releases from Blink-182, The Ataris and The Movielife, but it’s roster does have notable name such as Bayonet, Last Call and So Many Ways.
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Posted on AlterThePress.com in June 2010
Two bands with peculiar names provide a delicate and admirable short slice of laid-back (90’s) emo with this split 7”. Last time I reviewed Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate), I pointed out their consistent use of lo-fi, laid back style that was reminscent of bands like Mineral. ‘Documenting Thirty Days’ sees the band continuing this favourable trend, as the track has a tempo that slowly brews and aching vocals that provide an intimate atmosphere. It is somewhat expected that the track concludes with the four-piece going off an distorted, soaring tangent with stabbing guitars.
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Posted on AlterThePress.com in December 2009
In the past both Jonah Matranga and Kevin Seconds have released splitEPs with a numerous artists and bands. Matranga with Frank Turner and Seconds with Matt Skiba(Alkaline Trio). For some both individuals are known for their work in bands, such as Far (Matranga) and 7Seconds (Seconds).
This brief 4-track EP starts off rather strange as Jonah’s tongue-in-cheek. electro-pop auto-tuned vocals, is definitely a departure from his previous work but for the most part, it is a joke track especially with a title like ‘I’ve Always Wanted To Write A Song Commanding People To Dance!’. His 2nd track ‘Daylight’ sees Matranga in more comfortable surroundings, with echo-y vocals and distant acoustic guitar notes creating a somewhat beautiful track that is all too brief.
Kevin Seconds brings some normality to proceedings with his acoustic punk number with a slightly catchy chorus (‘Grip Yr Own’). ‘Life Unknown’ closes the EP with more of Seconds’ folk-punk that sounds sensible and is easy going with backing vocal harmonies that suit the track well.
With only a run time of just under 10 minutes, it is hard to give an overall feel of this 7”. Whilst Jonah’s tracks show experimentation and his 2ndtrack being the highlight, Seconds’ comfortably acoustic style proves to more favourable.
3/5
‘Jonah Matranga/Kevin Seconds Split 7”’ by Jonah Matranga/Kevin Seconds is released on December 22nd on Canada’s Blacktop Records.
