STILL SINGLE

A space for thoughts on music and culture, as written by Doug Mosurock and a select handful of individuals. This is intended as a supplement to our regular feature Still Single, published on Dusted Magazine. Updates will run here more frequently, and may feature writing on music not covered in the column. Compact discs are still not accepted for review -- we have more than enough vinyl and the occasional cassette to worry about.

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December 6, 2010

Frontier(s) – “The Plains” b/w “Radiomine” 7” (No Sleep)

Take out the weighty U2 influence, and this could have been recorded at any juncture since 1993 or 1994, and clearly comes from minds that both grew through and contributed to the catchier, non-dumbass camps within the Revelation and Jade Tree camps. And the players (members of Elliott, Falling Forward, Mouthpiece and Stay Gold) have been around for a lifetime of emo, screamo, and sXe development and disintegration. Side A is the clear winner, with the clean vocals veering into a genuine scream for the climax (three quarters of the way in) and the guitars doing the big and loud thing better than other contemporary examples of this stuff that’s crossed my desk since 2005. I like that the main guy (Chris Higdon of Elliott) still has the drive to make music; that he still has the need, but that says more about me than it does anyone else. Probably out of print due to built-in fan base. Sealed up in shrink and presented in a nice screened cover that opens as a tri-fold with a nice little pouch for the record. Download card falls out into lap, so naked listeners with smooth skin need to be warned of possible paper cuts. (http://www.nosleeprecs.com)
(Andrew Earles)

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