Burden Of A Day - Blessed Be Our Ever After

Burden of a Day will stake their reputation on their ability to perform.

NOTE: one-handed cartwheels on stage:

Touring through the lower 48 states as well as Europe, they've exhibited an energy and a presence seldom matched. Hailing from Sarasota, Florida - a retired people's town with a music scene as cold and unforgiving as the winters most move there to escape - they've managed to accumulate a following that keeps even their smallest shows well populated.

This album receives mixta peep's official seal of approval.

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Burden Of A Day - Pilots & Paper Planes

With their debut album Pilots & Paper Planes, Burden Of A Day burst out of Florida with a musical prowess full of catchy hooks and anthemic vocals that still packs an intensity not often felt from such young bands.

Pilots & Paper Planes was released in 2006; Blessed Be Our Ever After (2008) has been seeing many spins on my iPod lately.

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Blessed Be Our Ever After (2008)

Hopes Die Last - Your Face Down Now

Hopes Die Last is a very young 5-piece screamo/hardcore outfit that just recently blew up thanks to their EP, Your Face Down Now. Its bands like this that give hope to the local bands aspiring to make it big. While their sound isn't quite polished to perfection, their songwriting is certainly impressive considering their ages.

Hopes Die Last is a melting pot of sounds. They're quite similar to From First To Last (Dear Diary), and maybe a little bit like old Underoath (the stuff before Define The Great Line that was more pop-influenced), and Emarosa (formerly Corsets Are Cages). But then they also use a lot of vocal harmonies; in this aspect they sound like Hidden In Plain View. They also have some in common with Atreyu, with the screamed verses and sung choruses.

I don't really like the singer's tone, but he hits all of his notes. Overall, I'm still trying to decide how I feel about the EP. It's certainly growing on me.

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