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On Kill Your Own, Surrey rockers Hundred Reasons set out to put further distance between themselves and their cry-baby emo peers, ratcheting up the heaviness and shelving the relationship clichés endemic to the post-hardcore genre in favour of brutal, fist-punching youth anthems that drag this genre back to its moshpit roots. "Live Fast, Die Ugly" in particular is the band's heaviest track to date, a Queens Of The Stone Age-style rampage pock-marked with lurching stop-start potholes, vocalist Colin Doran's voice cracking under the strain. The title track, too, is an oddity - a gnarled rock-out lent a rhythmic electro-
On Kill Your Own, Surrey rockers Hundred Reasons set out to put further distance between themselves and their cry-baby emo peers, ratcheting up the heaviness and shelving the relationship clichés endemic to the post-hardcore genre in favour of brutal, fist-punching youth anthems that drag this genre back to its moshpit roots. "Live Fast, Die Ugly" in particular is the band's heaviest track to date, a Queens Of The Stone Age-style rampage pock-marked with lurching stop-start potholes, vocalist Colin Doran's voice cracking under the strain. The title track, too, is an oddity - a gnarled rock-out lent a rhythmic electro-rock feel by drummer Andy Bews' pulsing, insistent kick-drum. There are some moments that play to Hundred Reasons' more familiar strengths - "Destroy" and "Breathe Again" tread the same optimistic hardcore territory that made 2002's Ideas Above Our Station such a breath of fresh air. However, the occasional heavier moment aside, it's true that this album sounds like a band comfortable to rattle around in their niche rather than confidently break new ground. --Louis Pattison
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Manufacturer: V2
Release date: 20 March 2006
EAN: 5033197364124
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