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  • posted on Wednesday, September 29, 2010 @ 8:24 PM | back to the top.
    Big Kids - Hoop Dreams (2010)


    Download | Top Shelf Records

    Oakland’s Big Kids from the ever growing Top Shelf Records, first off, have written one of the year's most underrated albums. Secondly, let be heard here, I usually (and by usually, I mean 99% of the time) don’t enjoy too much music from west of the Mississippi, but this band I can get behind 100%.

    Anyone who knows me knows that two of my all time favorite styles of music are jaunty and angular guitar riddled mid 90’s emo/screamo and Gainesville “The Fest” styled, drunken anthem punk rock, and this band somehow finds a way to meld those two signature sounds together in a accessible, not to abrasive or pretentious way.

    Some songs are faster and louder and will invite you to sing along, drive 90 MPH, or just smile, and the slower ones are more calming without making you fall asleep. There are two small things thrown in this album that give it that more personal and intimate feeling that I love so much from bands. The first being between a couple of tracks, its obvious they just recorded chatter between songs at a show or maybe a restaurant. This background noise blends two songs together flawlessly, and almost gives it the feeling of a live show in your bedroom, car, office cubicle, or whatever you are listening.

    -Kyle

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