Super-double-awesome postage!

I know this blog has been lacking. And all of you readers *cough* must be in tears at the lack of postage. Well for you lucky fellows I have decided to do a super-double-awesome post! That's right! TWO WEEKS WORTH OF SANITY-SAVING ARTISTS. Enjoy this rare offering of twice as much drivel as usual! You have bought the collector's edition! Buy the new DLC for $8.99 US and you'll receive a brand new game mode!

Last week it went to ex-pop-punk band Junction 18. Being unknown their material is impossible to find, and when you do find it the prices are redonculous. I managed to find their EP Heroes From The Future and along with their prior full-length This Vicious Cycle the J18 crankin' was underway. The band has long-since gone, dropping off the face of the earth having never, or so it seems, travelled beyond the USA, or even their hometown in Boston. They barely gained a foot in the door in the early days of pop-punk with their song "Granite Street Knife Fight" featuring in a few compilations and appearing on the soundtrack for the PC game Skateboard Park Tycoon World Tour. Which is a shame, because they're the first band that comes to my mind when I think "legit pop-punk". They're soppy. And mushy. And emotionally-driven. And melodic & catchy. I would personally consider them a guilty pleasure but there's nothing to feel guilty about, these guys truly do illustrate the nicer, poppier side of pop-punk without the fame-chasing and money-grabbing that is commonly associated with it.

This week it was delivered to locals of my hometown Auckland, In Dread Response (this was not purposely synced with NZ music month). They're a heavily melodic death metal band whose music often leaps into the minimalistic, atmospheric style of post-metal. They're one of the few non-core metal bands I will actually listen to, since they plus epic melodies and shredding and minus the retarded facade most metal bands put on of beards and that "I want to eat your kidneys right now" glaze over their bloodshot, darting eyes... they aren't serial killers is the main point here, though I can't verify that. If you like metal, you'll like this. If you like a little metal, you'll like this. If you don't like metal, surprise yourself.