War Tapes - Continental Divide (2009)

Genre : Indie,Rock,Post-Punk,New-Wave HMm!!
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Tracklist

1. The Night Unfolds
2. Dreaming Of You
3. She Lied
4. Start Again
5. Use Me
6. All The World's A Stage
7. Mind Is Ugly
8. Rightfully Mine
9. Air Filled Romance
10.For Eternity
11.Fast Lane

War Tapes, a Los Angeles 4-piece, successfully creates epic anthems of angst, blending the attitude and edge of today’s post-hard-core scene with an appealing nod to 80’s new-wave and post-punk. All the while, War Tapes demonstrates a knack for creating huge hooks and sing-a-long choruses.

Right away they sound like a cross between Alkaline Trio and She Wants Revenge, fast, guitar heavy rock with deep, masculine vocals. They label their sound as “heart-quaking doom-pop,” which is a fairly apt description.

“The Night Unfolds” is the album’s strongest track and begins the album with a flurry of guitar chords, a screech of keyboard and punk-rock-speed drumming. The following track, “Dreaming of You,” slows it down, adds some female backing vocals and seems to be winking in The Cure’s direction.

They definitely have a dark side, not only in their black-clad appearance, but also in the track “She Lied,” singer Neil Popkin laments, “All day long I sit and communicate with the dead corpse that I call my girlfriend.”