Review: Saves The Day - Sound The Alarm (or) we don't need to whisper

Posted on 28 April 2006 | 5 Comments

Filed Under: Album Reviews, Punk

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So the quickly forgotten guys in Saves The Day are back with a new album on Vagrant Records. In the wake of the major-label shuffle that pushed their last album (not that it needed any help) into the abyss, the band built their own studio, recharged their collective batteries, and came back stronger and leaner than ever.

On their new album Sound The Alarm the band (mainly) shys away from the meandering indie-slop that plagued their last album and returns to the pop-punk-emo-core formula that served them well in their early days. Although the album is darker than previous efforts (perhaps due to the replacement of long-time bassist Eben D’Amico with former Glassjaw bassist Manny Carrero) they still maintain the melodic edge that made them all the rage way back when.

Now that Saves The Day has been a band for going on nine years and decided to re-record some older songs acoustically in their new studio with their new lineup and release them as the tour-only Bug Sessions Vol. 1 EP.

MP3 | Saves The Day – Bones Sound The Alarm
MP3 | Saves The Day – The End Sound The Alarm
MP3 | Saves The Day – Freakish (Acoustic) Bug Sessions Vol. 1
MP3 | Saves The Day – Sell My Old Clothes… (Acoustic) Bug Sessions Vol. 1

Comments

1 Eric Grubbs - 936 days ago I think In Reverie is vastly underrated. "Driving in the Dark" is so good.

2 brian - 936 days ago Remember Through Being Cool? God, how I loved that album. I kinda forgot about them really soon after Stay What You Are (I think that's what it was called...). Good to know they're back at it though.

3 Eric - 936 days ago I think In Reverie is a terrible attempt at the band "trying" to be "mature." To my ears it is virtually unlistenable. Through Being Cool, however, is such a great great record. Pop punk at its finest. I love that Gabe from Midtown is in the album artwork. Funny.

4 PAgirly - 933 days ago i'm not sure how i feel about the new saves the day. how many of the members are new? through being cool will always be my favorite.

5 jose - 929 days ago ah freakish.soo nice to hear it again.it's been awhile.back in the day i used to love "10 feet tall".