Review #25 : The Atom Age
Review #25
Artist: The Atom Age
Singles: Never Looking / Walk Through Walls
This is one of those crossovers that you never really expected to get, but you’re pretty okay with it once you see it. What we have here to me sounds like The Menzingers meets Jet.
Together, they form The Atom Age!
Releasing their first new tracks since 2015, The Atom Age has unveiled the two singles “Never Looking” and “Walk Through Walls” via “Tiger Dream Records”. Both songs live on the brand spankin’ new album “Cry Til You Die”, which dropped today (August 23rd, 2019).
The Oakland band will be rocking a release show tonight at Slim’s in San Francisco, CA and then will be coming to the east coast for a December 27th gig at Philadelphia's own,
Kung Fu Necktie.
Firstly I would to say that I enjoy the band’s Tom and Jerry-esque single artwork (which can be seen on their Spotify page) because it matches quite well with the tone of these two tracks. The aggressive and in a way, cartoonish form of polished punk rock is made unique through the inclusion of saxophone licks, which act as minimal lead guitar parts which develop on top of traditional guitar riffs. I find this to be something very new and refreshing for the genre and I’d love for more punk bands do it.
The vocals on these two energy-filled pieces, strike me as what I can only describe as harsher and more “reverbed” (if that’s an acceptable adjective) Greg Barnett vocals. However, another band that comes to mind when listening to Ryan and Peter’s singing parts, is an English group called, Eagulls. They too feature a wet harshness in their singing.
You know, and finally I’m glad yet another artist has begun to rediscover the long lost art that was the short punk rock song. The longest song on Cry Til You Die is only three minutes and four seconds! While I think we can go shorter, this is a good start, haha!
If you’re interested, or in Cali tonight, go check out The Atom Age on Spotify, Google Play, Apple Music, and Amazon Music.
Singles: Never Looking / Walk Through Walls
This is one of those crossovers that you never really expected to get, but you’re pretty okay with it once you see it. What we have here to me sounds like The Menzingers meets Jet.
Together, they form The Atom Age!
Releasing their first new tracks since 2015, The Atom Age has unveiled the two singles “Never Looking” and “Walk Through Walls” via “Tiger Dream Records”. Both songs live on the brand spankin’ new album “Cry Til You Die”, which dropped today (August 23rd, 2019).
The Oakland band will be rocking a release show tonight at Slim’s in San Francisco, CA and then will be coming to the east coast for a December 27th gig at Philadelphia's own,
Kung Fu Necktie.
Firstly I would to say that I enjoy the band’s Tom and Jerry-esque single artwork (which can be seen on their Spotify page) because it matches quite well with the tone of these two tracks. The aggressive and in a way, cartoonish form of polished punk rock is made unique through the inclusion of saxophone licks, which act as minimal lead guitar parts which develop on top of traditional guitar riffs. I find this to be something very new and refreshing for the genre and I’d love for more punk bands do it.
The vocals on these two energy-filled pieces, strike me as what I can only describe as harsher and more “reverbed” (if that’s an acceptable adjective) Greg Barnett vocals. However, another band that comes to mind when listening to Ryan and Peter’s singing parts, is an English group called, Eagulls. They too feature a wet harshness in their singing.
You know, and finally I’m glad yet another artist has begun to rediscover the long lost art that was the short punk rock song. The longest song on Cry Til You Die is only three minutes and four seconds! While I think we can go shorter, this is a good start, haha!
If you’re interested, or in Cali tonight, go check out The Atom Age on Spotify, Google Play, Apple Music, and Amazon Music.
Ryan Hanratty
Frosted Green Productions
Frosted Green Productions
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