Hardcore punk, post-hardcore, hardcore metal...it's getting increasingly difficult to identify what group belongs to which subgenre circa the early 21st century -- a case in point being the St. Catharines, Ontario-based quintet Alexisonfire. On their fourth full length overall, 2009's Old Crows/Young Cardinals, you get a bit of all three aforementioned styles, with a healthy dose of melody stirred into the sonic blender to boot. And this hodgepodge approach should certainly bring Alexisonfire some U.S. rock radio airplay (they already scored their breakthrough hit back home on their previous album, 2006's Crisis), especially such standout tracks as the leadoff single, "Young Cardinals," as well as the album-opening "Old Crows," "The Northern," and the surprisingly tranquil and sweetly sung album closer, "Burial."
The highly anticipated Old Crows/Young Cardinals from Alexisonfire mixes old and familiar sounds with a newer twist and perspective on things making their fourth album yet another force to be reckoned with. The Good – New twist on old sound, hits back to their roots, CD booklet folds out into a poster with the lyrics [...]Related posts:Ryan Adams & the Cardinals – Cardinology Review Ryan AdamP
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Genre-hopping is usually by two things. (1) A desire to try new things and not be locked down to one style of music, (2) A desperate desire to stay relevant and jump the fences before they crumble. Old Crows, Young Cardinals is probably 80% of the first, 20% of the other.
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As is pretty much the norm to be worthy of a big slot on the annual Warped Tour, Alexisonfire is releasing their fourth album, Old Crows/Young Cardinals on June 23 on Vagrant Records.The first single, "Young Cardinals" is available to be streemed through imeem.com.Originally posted on Sonicdissonance.com
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Alexisonfire has found another way for us to waste hours upon hours of time. The band debuted a new retro net game today on www.youngcardinals.com. The game, loosely based on the Ray Ray Parade game, includes a sampler of the new album. The object, turn all the black crows into red cardinals before the clock runs out.I suck at PC games, so me almost getting out of round two was a feat in and of...
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The highly anticipated Old Crows/Young Cardinals from Alexisonfire mixes old and familiar sounds with a newer twist and perspective on things making their fourth album yet another force to be reckoned with. The Good – New twist on old sound, hits back to their roots, CD booklet folds out into a poster with the lyrics [...]Related posts:Ryan Adams & the Cardinals – Cardinology Review Ryan AdamP
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Genre-hopping is usually by two things. (1) A desire to try new things and not be locked down to one style of music, (2) A desperate desire to stay relevant and jump the fences before they crumble. Old Crows, Young Cardinals is probably 80% of the first, 20% of the other.
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| 1 Old Crows |
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| 2 Young Cardinals |
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| 3 Sons of Privillege |
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| 4 Born and Raised |
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| 5 No Rest |
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| 6 The Northern |
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| 7 Midnight Regulations |
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| 8 Emerald Street |
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| 9 Heading for the Sun |
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| 10 Accept Crime |
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| 11 Burial |
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