“To say the new release from the Philly-based band is darker and more urgent in both its lyrics and its tone would be an understatement and a disservice.<\/p>\n
While some recognizable elements of 2014\u2019s Lighten Up, Burn It Down EP remain, Pulling Punches clearly went into the studio angry this time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t feel the need to mince words or play nice,\u201d singer Michael Kennedy explains regarding the EP title. \u201cWe wanted to say something about the changes happening in this country; about how it\u2019s harder for the average person to get ahead\u2026. that the game is rigged.\u201d<\/p>\n
One thing remains the same, though, and that\u2019s the band\u2019s steadfast refusal to mimic their hardcore idols or to stoop down to expected scene cliches. Pulling Punches\u2019 intent is to forge their own road.” -Newnoisemagazine.com
\nTrack Listing:
\n1. Beautiful & Miserable
\n2. Quiet Suicides
\n3. With Stolen Words
\n4. On Architects and Archetypes
\n5. The Dangerous Business of Telling the Truth *Bonus\/Vinyl only track<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“To say the new release from the Philly-based band is darker and more urgent in both its lyrics and its tone would be an understatement and a disservice.<\/p>\n
While some recognizable elements of 2014\u2019s Lighten Up, Burn It Down EP remain, Pulling Punches clearly went into the studio angry this time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t feel the need to mince words or play nice,\u201d singer Michael Kennedy explains regarding the EP title. \u201cWe wanted to say something about the changes happening in this country; about how it\u2019s harder for the average person to get ahead\u2026. that the game is rigged.\u201d<\/p>\n
One thing remains the same, though, and that\u2019s the band\u2019s steadfast refusal to mimic their hardcore idols or to stoop down to expected scene cliches. Pulling Punches\u2019 intent is to forge their own road.” -Newnoisemagazine.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"content-type":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[4857,16],"product_tag":[6314],"class_list":{"0":"post-4845","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-vinyl","7":"product_cat-_creep","8":"product_tag-6314","9":"pa_gtin-upc-ean-isbn-6324","10":"pa_label-creep-records","11":"pa_sku-crp149","12":"pa_street-date-6311","14":"first","15":"instock","16":"taxable","17":"shipping-taxable","18":"purchasable","19":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n