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A music blog Ran by Ray and Shannon

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New Neck Deep? We’re not so sure.

Neck Deep released their new single and it’s not so great.

She’s a god was a promising start. The lyrics were good, the name drops were great and the song was generally really good.

Lowlife isn’t. The lyrics are some of the worst in a Neck Deep song which takes away from the catchy chorus and generally favourable instrumentation. The lyrics used like “on a trampoline” and “jamboree” seem lazy and unlike anything we’ve heard from Neck Deep with the constant need to rhym without any reason to use the words. The song isn’t the worst song out currently but it’s not a great follow up from she’s a god and leaves the future of the upcoming album a little foggy.

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You can listen to the song here:

https://open.spotify.com/track/6Hy0cgL37QkA587HAQNR1Y?si=9OeyfrDXRGOOEdPZSytWAA

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Gerard Way appreciation post

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Pete Wentz Via Instagram

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The past week or so has been amazing for new songs!

First we saw Enter Shikari smash into their brand new era with the release of {the dreamers hotel} which is incredible. I honestly didn’t know what to expect from this new era, would it be like the spark? I mixture of upbeat and chill songs? Or would it be like one of their previous albums, hard hitting and instantly catchy and it felt like both! It felt like all the albums had perfectly melted to create one amazing track! And after this they announced the album name, the ore-order for the album, release show dates and more! You can find all the information on entershikari.com and listen to the new track here!

The dreamers hotel: https://open.spotify.com/track/2xdkdWe99CkSXWbP13BVqL?si=HaMkfmACRW-F1RfteWKhvw

Also in the last week New Found Glory hit hard with their brand new track greatest of all time! This was exactly what I hoped for after not liking the new album all that much but this song is exactly what I wanted after resurrection. If this song came after that album instead of makes me sick it would have been incredible! You can check out the pre-orders for the new album on newfoundglory.com and listen to the brand new track here: https://open.spotify.com/track/6tJ8T00sdozc2ZSkPT8Qj1?si=knIBhwVVRKKBvIAS58QoZg

Both of these songs deserve a very big 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻/👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻 and we can wait to see what both bands do next!

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My Chemical Romance: The UK Shows

In recent times (aka, the past couple weeks) we've seen a lot of teasers from everyone's favourite new jersey pop-punk band My Chemical Romance. As a long-time appreciator myself, (Hi, its Ray btw) I've been none stop following every cryptic Instagram post, tweet and youtube video release.

I don't regret being a cyberstalker at all. Not one bit.

Why I hear you ask?

Well! we got a UK Gig announcement, not just from the abundance of union jack emojis in every post but also as of Thursday (or Friday if you're Ray Toro attempting to use Instagram) a ticket release date for... Friday. Yes, they left it until the day before the tickets went on sale to announce it. That isn't counting the ticket release date leak people got from the SeeTickets website.

Of course, bright and early  (5am) on Friday morning I was there stalking Ticketmaster to get my hands on tickets for this show. Through tired eyes and my heart stopping as I sat in a queue at 9:30 (yes I really got up that early for a 9:30 ticket release), I tried amongst the other 30,000 people to get tickets.

And I SUCCEEDED!

Oh yes, your band over fist resident Gerard lookalike got tickets. I don't know how, but I did it.

Though, after all of my nervousness trying to get those tickets, the band decided one 30,000 person sellout show wasn't enough and they released another show the day after too! Tickets for both shows combined sold out within an hour, and honestly, I'm not shocked despite other people feeling that way. My Chemical Romance is no longer just a band, its a community, a family of sorts, and so selling out two shows that large really was something I almost expected from them! That doesn't mean I'm not incredibly proud of the boys for doing so. Their achievements have always inspired and motivated me to work harder for what I want, and their success in selling out these shows is no exception.

More updates will come in the future, including videos from the show itself in June! so stay tuned to our social media accounts (we have an Instagram and Twitter too if you didn't know! were @Bandoverfistpress in Instagram and @bandoverfist​ on twitter) for updates and even more, content you won't get here!

till next time -

xo Ray

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All Time Low are BACK!

All Time Low have been teasing us for weeks.

Weird tweets, burning previous ATL eras and going silent on socials all lead up to a brand new ATL single that threw us straight back to the classic pop punk we know and love!

The chords are catchy, the vocals are amazing and the song encapsulates everything we’ve previously loved and hope to expect from the band!

Could this be a new era? Or a one off single like getaway green. We’ll keep you updated here! At band over fist!

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You can listen to All Time Lows new single here!

https://open.spotify.com/track/0aZfKmSAMSZweDTNKd9UPo?si=ZIWIUGmjTYCnaTGcbFo3HQ

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Paramore’s After Laughter, almost 3 years on and the love for it is incredible.

Paramore took a brief hiatus inbetween their self titled record and After Laughter, Zac came back and with that their sound changed. But is this the Paramore we’ve always wanted?

For me, After Laughter is perfect. There’s not one song I skip even now where the singles have been played everywhere, Rose coloured boy is still such a jam!

I was nervous for the release, with people around me telling me their sound had changed and that they weren’t “Paramore” anymore. But maybe After Laughter is the Paramore they were always supposed to grow into? As they grow up, their sound will grow and it grew into something wonderful.

It’s full of pop hits, indie jams and the best aesthetic there has ever been for a Paramore record! Even after the After Laughter era ended, it still feels like it kept going, becoming a part of Paramore and a hint at what is only to come. I love each and every Paramore album but this hit different, this is Paramore, WE are Paramore.

This album will ALWAYS get 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻/👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻 and is a solid staple in Shannon’s favourites!

You can stream After Laughter here!

https://open.spotify.com/album/1c9Sx7XdXuMptGyfCB6hHs?si=LJ2C54KAQ9GDm1-7H7paaQ

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My Chemical Romance - The Return show, The Shrine, LA.

For a lot of people, Friday night was a night they will never forget, myself included. It was an emotional rollercoaster waiting for a band whom has touched so many lives in so many ways to return to the stage for the first time since 2012. Safe to say, they lived up to and far surpassed any expectation anyone had. Myself being the insane person I am, stayed up all night to watch this special performance, rabidly awaiting the moment that My Chemical Romance stepped foot on stage together again. A moment ive been waiting for personally since the day they announced their breakup back in 2013. The setlist was a magick one, full of older and newer songs, even some that people weren't expecting from their first album ‘I brought you my bullets, you brought me your love’ which the band stopped playing songs from Way back (see what i did there?) around the time their last toured album was released in 2010. Personally, I spent the night with my best friend and my twin sister, gushing over how long we’ve waited for that show to happen, and enjoying each others company while enjoying the amazing performance. It was truly a wonderful night, and I know I’m not the only one who also feels that way. The show was packed and fully sold out within three minutes! What more is there to say! Heres the set list from Friday night. I will be creating a playlist up on youtube and spotify, so stay tuned for that! I will be posting the links to both on this blog and also our Instagram which you can reach @BandOverFistPress Till next time! xoRay SETLIST: - Show opening: Introduction to Na Na Na and Desert song - Romance - I’m Not Okay (Trust Me) - Thankyou For The Venom - Give Em Hell Kid - House Of Wolves - Summertime - You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison w/ Sarah Taylor of Youth Code - Make Room!!! - Our Lady Of Sorrows - Na Na Na - SLEEP - Mama - I Don’t Love You - DESTROYA! - Teenagers - S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W - Famous Last Words - The Kids From Yesterday ——— Encore - Vampire money - Helena (So Long And Goodnight) ——— Second Encore - Welcome To The Black Parade

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Is Fandom Waterparks best album?

2019 has been a big year for Waterparks as it’s seen them release a new album, play festivals, go on a headline tour and get radio play on SiriusXM Hits1.

I wasn’t sure about Fandom at first. I didn’t know how I’d feel about another Waterparks album as I didn’t click with Entertianment. I thought “but what if it’s like the last one” which didn’t hit the mark for me personally... that said, when Waterparks released Turbulent I was sold.

Turbulent has to be my favourite song from the album, followed closely by Cherry Red, Worst and I miss having sex but at least I don’t want to die anymore.

This album for me reclaimed Waterparks. This, I thought to myself, is what I expected the follow up to double dare to be. It /feels/ like a follow up to double dare. The experimentation and the catchy hooks and the lyrics all blend to create an amazing album.

If you haven’t listen to Fandom yet I highly recommend this album! You can listen to it here: https://open.spotify.com/album/7aKMsXKKABZQXKXjQaQHXG?si=1PBw21-iSWCtKAmZNjdhDA

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Review: Bleed American - Jimmy Eat World

For kids of the 2000′s, Bleed American has always been a staple album to blast in your car or room when you’re feeling like giving up on yourself. This album steals the anger right out of you and throws back reassuring lines like ‘it's only in your head, you feel left out or looked down on. just try your best’ in songs such as ‘the middle’, directly addressing the listener to touch your soul and emotions on a deeply personal level. Despite this being rather invading and feeling as though the band members are inserting themselves right into your mind, the contrast to the emotional vocal of the heavy-hitting 4/4 drums and insanely technical and aggressive guitars adds an element that counteracts the invasive nature of the songs to make it feel like the band are fighting with you to defeat your demons, not trying to call you out on your issues.

However, the album also has its purely emotional moments with songs such as ‘hear you me’ and ‘if you don’t, don't’ creating solace from the anger and pushing you to feel more sadness, drawing out the much-needed release of tears in a safe way. the songs carry you through your emotions and the next song on the album ‘get it faster’ uplifting you again with the lyrics ‘im getting out’ which feature heavily throughout the song and work to try and empower you after the sadness to take what you have and run with it, to believe you can do whatever you want to and that you can overcome whatever you are dealing with deep in your mind.

Personally? I love this album for the rollercoaster of emotions it takes you on, for the way it never leaves you down and always works to try and push you to be better than you think you are, which to me is a very important thing especially as this album is directed at a primarily young adult audience that quite often, need that outside voice to convince them they can carry on.  

Rating: 

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Listen to the album HERE! 

Physical copies HERE!

Till next time! 

xoRay

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Double Dare 2019?

Waterparks have had a big year with Fandom, Entertainment 2019 and now this?

Waterparks have done it again! After switching record labels earlier this year, Waterparks no longer owned their back catalogue but instead of letting it go, they re-recorded entertainment and double dare in 4 days!

I wasn’t quite sure what was in store when front man Awsten Knight tweeted about the band re-recording something. For me, re-recordings of albums are always a hit and miss and I was worried that, one of my favourite albums re-recorded wouldn’t be the same but boy was I wrong.

The new mashup starts with Hawaii (Stay Awake) and Little Violence playing together in a harmony I never knew I needed. It then continues to mashup all your favourites from double dare. The way all the songs blend to one another and the way they have been sung and replayed works SO well.

Sometimes I find myself wanting to listen to an album, but not knowing exactly what song I want to listen to. This one? Skip. Maybe this? Nah skip again. And that will go on until I get bored of trying to find the right one to listen to and I give up and start from the beginning. For me, this gets rid of that issue entirely. I don’t know where to start? How’s about listening to all of the songs in one 9 minute master piece!

I love Double Dare 2019 and Entertainment 2019, with the latter increasing the enjoyment of an album that wasn’t my favourite before.

Hopefully we can get a black light re-recording soon? We’re looking at you Waterparks! 👀

You can find Double Dare 2019 on Spotify below!

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https://open.spotify.com/track/3JAESqzqb32clgArgqyUIi?si=Y2zAyO7gTPmSP4YRGBC_7A

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MCR: What We Know So Far - ‘the return of My Chemical Romance’

March 22nd, 2013 was a harrowing day for all My Chemical Romance fans and members of the MCRMY alike. That was the day our famous boys in black decided to call it quits after over 10 years of intense touring, writing, album releasing and throwing their punk selves into the mainstream with songs like ‘Welcome To The Black Parade’ and ‘Helena’, two of their most successful songs to date. Our emo hearts were broken and we thought it was the end for our precious New Jerseyan pop-punk band.

Oh, boy were we wrong. 

On the 31st of October (yes that's right, Halloween of all days!) this year, we were all shocked back into our black skinnies and eyeliner by one specific post. One Instagram account creation. One vague yet promising post. 

It started with an Instagram story posting frenzy featuring nothing but symbols, a candle, a hand, and three others all featuring a strange rune type symbol. Of course, within minutes the internet decided it was time to explode with joy and all but crash twitter, bringing My Chemical Romance up to the top trending spot within couple mere hours maybe even less. 

That was just the beginning of this insane rollercoaster and it still has not ended, but do I think it will? 

Well, for the My Chem long-time fans, it never ended in the first place. March 22nd was more of a bookmark in the collection of chapters that make up this force of a band’s career, and October 31st just removed that bookmark, giving way to a brand new chapter that no one was expecting.

Since their first post, Tour dates for both the Australia and Tokyo Download Festival have been announced as headlining shows along with bands such as Evanescence and Jimmy Eat World with an accompanying New Zealand show featuring the forementioned band on the 25th of March 2020. Not just that, but their first reunion show is set to happen on December 20th in sunny Los Angeles, California at the Shrine Expo Hall, a show which sold out in only minutes when the tickets were released on November 1st. 

The information we have so far isnt particularly extensive, however, I think we can expect so much more to come in the future and i truly believe that were in store for a historical event in the Music calendar when My Chemical Romance finally perform on stage together again, reunited once more as one of the most commercially successful bands in punk rock history with what I believe will be one hell of a come back show. I will leave you with the first post the band made addressing their return, which I think is not just a perfect example of how much this means to the fans, but to the band members too. 

Till next time!

xo Ray 

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The Maine: You are ok

Is this the Maine’s best album yet?

The brand new era of the Maine is upon us and it’s focused on us, the fans, which might be my favourite part. Lead singles ‘numb without you’ and ‘my best habit’ left big shoes to fill with the rest of this album, I thought how will the other songs compare? But they did and this album is incredible. O’Callaghans signature vocals blend incredibly well with the new guitar tones and even an acoustic track called ‘forevermore’ which is one of the best songs on the album, define this era perfectly.

The sound is different from previous release lovely little lonely but it’s a nice change which doesn’t feel like it has to compete with the previous record at all. This new record stands on its own two feet, incomparable to the rest and the new era is unlike any other, centred solely on the fans and creating a togetherness experience of making sure everyone feels ok no matter what they’re going through is the highlight of this record and the era. Independent music on their independent record label yet they’re able to pull of orchestral sounds, huge songs like ‘one sunset’ and ‘tears won’t cry’ and after the release the era only seems to be getting started.

You are ok is an album to help you feel ok and that deserves all the love and support possible.

You are ok is available to stream everywhere right now but you can find it here on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0DRUOQBsax8QLUVctbEIAT?si=gyvoILz9TXOk4MeY7nQC2Q

You should also check out their label 8123 for amazing merch and even a book?!

Go support these guys they deserve it

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The Maine: My best habit

The Maine are killing it with the new singles.

The maine are back better than ever with singles “numb with out you” and “my best habit” the latter being one of my favourite songs the Maine have ever created. The lyrical melody along with O’Callaghans creative genius go hand in hand for a song that’s heavily relatable, dance worthy, and one that can’t be missed.

My best habit is out now on all streaming services but you can find it here on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/track/5yizT1XYNU8ms6ZWrOBrLa?si=pTb1yzwRTD69mqXTi7Wt8w

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Simple Creatures- Strange Love

Strange love might be their best single yet.

Simple creatures is a super group formed by pop punk legends Mark Hoppus and Alex Gaskarth and so far it’s been a wild ride.

With first release “drug” being an instantly catchy mix of the two masterminds worlds colliding, delivering simple yet catchy melodies and lyrics that you wish you could of written, their second release “strange love” has a lot to compete with.

This second single might be their best yet with equally catchy melodies and riffs but also swaying more into their own sound and seemingly finding their own direction with this new band with the song standing on its own, not being able to fit in any of their previous bands works.. but I think that’s what I like about it most.

In a recent interview we were promised that simple creatures wouldn’t sound anything like Mark’s band blink-182 or Alex’s equivalent All Time Low and I was sceptical of that, with the first song featuring ‘nah nah’s’ which is what has come to be expected of blink-182, and it worked for the first song, sort of easing us in and now with the second track it’s evident to see this is going to be a whole new sound by some of punk punks best.

“Strange love” is available to stream and purchase everywhere right now.

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Don Broco: Priorities

Where do I even start with this album?

Coming off the back of their monumental UK tour, finishing with Wembley, Don Broco have been killing it in the music scene, but where did it all start?

Priorities is Broco’s debut album and being 3 albums deep at this point this record still stands up as one of the best they’ve ever put out.

Catchy hooks, demandingly creative guitar riffs and vocals that could kill all mix together to make a debut album anyone would be proud of. This album doesn’t lack at any points with no songs being skipable, but their are songs that stand out such as yeah man, a song you can yell by yourself in the car at night or with a friend with back in the day being another great track to yell back too. There aren’t really any sit down and chill songs on this album, which is absolutely fine although you got it girl is the most relaxing if you’re looking for that kind of song.

Overall this album is one of my favourites, too 5 for sure and after the year they’ve had on the back of 2018’s Technology, I’m excited to see where Don Broco take it next.

Priorities is available on most streaming platforms right now!

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