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POZ Review: Silverstein, August Burns Red - Four Minutes Being Cool
*This review was composed by Brandon Allin and edited by Erik van Rheenen
Ask around for opinions on a heavy act, and the feedback you receive will more than likely be split right down the middle. Many will criticize outfits for being little more than generic, paint-by-numbers carbon copies of their peers, while others will glorify those very same bands for technical wizardry or sheer brutality. Whatever the consensus, it’s no secret that in heavy music, you simply can’t please everyone.
Silverstein and August Burns Red, two of the more beloved outfits in their respective genres, have finally joined forces to release Four Minutes Being Cool, a two-song split 7” in celebration of Record Store Day 2013. Opting to perform cover songs instead of original material, the veteran quintets pay tribute to a pair of revered emo outfits in The Get Up Kids and Saves The Day. An unlikely release of sorts, but a breath of fresh air all the same.
Fans of the originals will immediately be taken aback, as both cuts have been retooled and reimagined, falling more in line the bulk of each band’s back catalogue than their source material. Silverstein’s take on “Coming Clean,” a track pulled from The Get Up Kids’ debut full-length, Four Minute Mile, is admirable, as well as devoid of any screaming. Lead vocalist Shane Told sounds as crisp as ever, while guitarists Paul Marc Rousseau and Josh Bradford do a wonderful job of infusing Matt Pryor and company’s riffs with a welcome jolt of energy.
“escape”
18x20” ink on clayboard
2011
Blanket forts <3
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“Happy birthday to “Critical Film Studies,” the most brilliant half-hour of TV to arrive in this century. Community’s finest moment aired two years ago this week, the highlight of the second season. It kicked off the creative surge that led to Community’s third season, which remains the best season any sitcom has ever had. This is also the episode that turned me from a huge fan into one of those insufferable Community douches you pray never sits next to you on a plane. It’s a dangerous thing.” - Rob Sheffield celebrates the second year anniversary of Community’s “Critical Film Studies” - a.k.a. The 21st Century’s Greatest TV Episode
One of my favorite episodes of my favorite show
I smell a comeback. Spin the black circle.
I wonder what the critical mass for this is …
Well, our main page is getting absolutely hounded right now. So that means the new song from The Wonder Years isn’t being heard. That’s just not right!
I’ve uploaded the song here while we get all the bullshit with our site figured out. We’ve still got an amazing interview with the band to post shortly as well.
Song is sick as fuck
This is rad
FUCK YEAH POP PUNK TATTOOS ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY!
I’m so excited about how successful this blog has become in just a year, so I made some patches to giveaway to you guys.
This is the restart of it. I had a post for it a while ago, but I wasn’t able to see all the notes, so I decided to delete the old post and make a new one.
So here’s how this giveaway is going to work:
- There are 23 patches, and 23 people will win. When I pick the winners’ names out of a hat at random, the first name I pull will get first pick. The second name will then choose from the remaining patches. And so on until 23 people have patches!
- You must be following FYPPT to enter.
- Reblog this post only once to enter. (You can reblog more than once, but you will only get one entry. I offered unlimited reblogs on the previous post, and that caused problems with the notes.)
- I will start choosing the winners on April 15, our one-year anniversary, so you have until then to reblog!
- Make sure your ask box is open so I can contact you if you win.
- All entries must be from the US. I can’t afford to ship outside the states, sorry. /:
Good luck!
***EDIT: I will be doing the drawing when this reaches 1000 entries, so about 100 new people need to enter.
82 more entries!!! Go go go go go.
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Tuesday.
