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Bad name, boys. Or maybe not, since those in emo are quite fond of self-deprecation ... Anberlin stole the emo spotlight at last year's SXSW. That showcase helped net it a major-label deal, and though we have yet to hear that fruit, it'll be plenty ripe when it's ready to pluck from the internet as well as store shelves in a few months time. All Time Low is set up to be this year's Paramore, with all sorts of momentum such as magazine covers, kooky online meet-the-band contests and such. The attention's well deserved, though right now singer Alex Gaskarth is swearing too much, talking too much and asking for too much (a circle pit at SXSW? To pop-foundated emo punk? Um, that's be a no!). But when it's performing, there are few bands in this genre who stay this energetic, this tight and this infectious. Even its harmonies are like-able, even if its songwriting borders on the banal (it's energy mostly overcomes that). Now, onto witness British Sea Power ... |
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