Labels: Triumph of Life
Review by: Andy Malcolm
This is a really solid 3 song 7″ from this Connecticut band. They kick off with the driving “The Hours Change So We
Don’t Have To”. The music is energetic, powerful and has hoarse vocals, it kind of sounds like a slightly more emo Hot
Water Music. I know the world is full of a billion bands that sound a bit like HWM, but for once we have a band that
actually has their own sound instead of tugging at the beard of recycling and making little attempt to differentiate
themselves from the rest. Top song for me is “All of Life Is Coming Home”, which chimes into earshot beautifully,
easing off the accelerator and sounding the better for it. Very effective, like a combination of HWM, Jawbreaker and a
bit of mid west emo. It breaks into some cheesey gang vocals at the end though, leave that for the folk punx guyz!
Title track “Virgin Sails” is the least distinct for me, rumbling along in a hefty, post-hardcore fashion and never
really quite distinguishing itself in the way that the other two songs do. So, all in all you have a good 7″ that you
should check out if gritty, melodic punk / post-hardcore is the kind of thing you like to fritter away your life to.