 Dead
By July
"Before Dishonor..." CDEP
Bockhorn
Genres: punk, punk rock
Bockhorn
PO Box 10238
Beverly Hills, CA
90213 USA
Nov 10 - 16 2003 |
Punk
music requires two things: energy and passion. Other stuff, like
skill or melody or songwriting or working instruments or an audience
are only optional.
Granted, that's oversimplification. If that were true, Dead
By July would get a 100%, and if you look below this review you'll
see that isn't so. Because as energetic and passionate as Dead
By July's self-titled EP may be, it still isn't great.
Nothing new is being done. None of the songs are particularly
infectious or memorable. There's no variety.
And that's why this is just an average punk EP. A good, a fun,
a thoroughly enjoyable - but undeniably average - punk EP.
78%
Matt Shimmer
[Vitals: 6 tracks, distributed by the
label, released 2003] |
