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Factory Pressing. Larry's brother Charles and his band: Influences from the laid-back northern reaches of Scandinavia and the frantic West Coast of America collide on the Guards of Metropolis' debut album in a shimmering example of the best that both countries have to offer. A fistful of angst-driven rock and roll riffs tempered by the layered harmonies that Scandinavian groups are famous for lay the groundwork for this rock-pop manifesto...
That's what the press release said anyway :-) It's a great album. It's not particularly a Christian Rock album though, just so you know. It rocks.
That's what the press release said anyway :-) It's a great album. It's not particularly a Christian Rock album though, just so you know. It rocks.
Each song comes as a stylistic surprise, and the lyrics are almost literary at times; songs such as "Tired" and "Postcards From Heaven" shine a pastel light on the bi-polar human condition, while the songs "Already Gone" and "Don't Wanna Be Like You" throw contemptuous epithets at the vacuous lifestyles of the Hollywood hangers-on they encountered while writing the album in Los Angeles. Rage never sounded as pretty as it does on this stunning debut!
1. Perfect World
2. Exhole
3. Don't Wanna Be Like You
4. Down
5. How Does It Feel (To Be Unreal?)
6. The Way You Are
7. Postcards from Heaven
8. On My Own
9. Tired
10. Fadeaway
11. Already Gone
12. Why
13. Alligator
What the press is saying about Guards Of Metropolis:
"9 out of 10 - Instant Hit!" - Outburn Magazine
"A likely candidate to appear not only on modern radio,
but also in television and film" - Cashbox Magazine
"Accomplished songwriting and a stylized sonic flamboyance - LA Weekly
"Instant candidate for the cover of Rolling Stone" - East Bay Express
"A record that dares you not to sing along with it" - ACED Magazine
"They are going to climb the ladder fast" - Infuze Magazine
"More hooks than a Montana fishing trip" -- Music Biz
Indie Musicians Of The Week (April 21, 2007) - If Not Now, When Magazine
"A smart sonic brew that’s original and imminently commercial. Guards of Metropolis are more talented, flexible and tolerable than your average indie rockers" - Sea of Tranquility
"The cure for what ails you" - BlogCritics Magazine
1. Perfect World
2. Exhole
3. Don't Wanna Be Like You
4. Down
5. How Does It Feel (To Be Unreal?)
6. The Way You Are
7. Postcards from Heaven
8. On My Own
9. Tired
10. Fadeaway
11. Already Gone
12. Why
13. Alligator
What the press is saying about Guards Of Metropolis:
"9 out of 10 - Instant Hit!" - Outburn Magazine
"A likely candidate to appear not only on modern radio,
but also in television and film" - Cashbox Magazine
"Accomplished songwriting and a stylized sonic flamboyance - LA Weekly
"Instant candidate for the cover of Rolling Stone" - East Bay Express
"A record that dares you not to sing along with it" - ACED Magazine
"They are going to climb the ladder fast" - Infuze Magazine
"More hooks than a Montana fishing trip" -- Music Biz
Indie Musicians Of The Week (April 21, 2007) - If Not Now, When Magazine
"A smart sonic brew that’s original and imminently commercial. Guards of Metropolis are more talented, flexible and tolerable than your average indie rockers" - Sea of Tranquility
"The cure for what ails you" - BlogCritics Magazine