{"id":21993,"date":"2014-07-07T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T00:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=21993"},"modified":"2014-07-07T10:37:14","modified_gmt":"2014-07-07T00:37:14","slug":"rise-against-%e2%80%93-the-black-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2014\/07\/rise-against-%e2%80%93-the-black-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Rise Against \u2013 The Black Market"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Let me start this by saying I\u2019ve never been the hugest Rise Against fan, but that\u2019s only because I\u2019ve never truly taken the time to check out their work. I\u2019m sure I\u2019ve seen them live and dig what they do, but when time came for me to have a chat to Joe from the band, I got the chance to check out the new album, and boy howdy\u2026 I\u2019ll already sum it up for you, this is one of my favourite records of 2014. Read on\u2026<\/p>\n

Kicking things off with \u2018The Great Die-Off\u2019 and a message of \u201cwe want it now!\u201d well, you got it now, you\u2019ve got this aggression and power coming straight through and if this keeps up for the remainder of the album, as I said above, well, gave away above, we\u2019re in for a treat. Lead single \u2018I Don\u2019t Want To Be Here Anymore\u2019 is frantic and keeps drummer Brandon busy as he beats the crap out of the skins, but what I love about this song is the first bridge breakdown that slows it way down only to explode back into this pop punk rock goodness, a song destined to be shouted back at the stage at every Rise Against show from now until the end of time. With a guitar solo thrown in for good measure, we have a winner, but as we head into \u2018Tragedy + Time\u2019 we have a new winner and all I can say is WOW, for me a song needs to grab me musically as well as lyrically and this one takes the cake, actually the whole damn bakery\u2026 the musical progression on this one is perfect with a hook big enough to catch Moby Dick and the lyrical content hit home just a little bit for me, so when you bundle that all up, well, I\u2019ve said enough, but needless to say this song has been repeated a few times so far.<\/p>\n

Time for the title track and the song that always intrigues me the most on a release as I always think, why was this one good enough to name the album after? So there\u2019s already high expectations for me, as it starts with an upstrummed guitar I take a minute to warm to it but there\u2019s that bridge \/ chorus hook again as the tempo changes for it and yeah, that\u2019s why it\u2019s got the name\u2026\u00a0 what a great vibe it takes on and sentiment lyrically. I really dig the way these guys write songs, the songs feel so very personal and it shows, I think maybe I\u2019m enjoying it so much because I\u2019m relating to a lot of it. Here comes the \u2018hardcore\u2019 with a little bit of \u2018screamo\u2019 to kick off \u2018The Eco-Terrorist In Me\u2019 which sounds like the love child of an Offspring and Millencolin song and I love that, but as you can imagine from the name and my little comparison there, it\u2019s a balls out melodic punk song and again, some clever arranging throughout the song make it stand out with a cool little message of \u2018when it all comes down will you say you did everything you could?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Sudden Life\u2019 is a more middle of the road track, think Foo Fighters but with more of an edge and attitude with a cool build towards the end, whereas \u2018A Beautiful Indifference\u2019 brings back the punk but again that great arrangement I\u2019m discovering this band is very good at as it changes tempo throughout and allows room for much fist pumping in the chorus. Then we have a song like \u2018Methadone\u2019 and from the title you can picture its lyrical content, and it\u2019s pretty powerful, that\u2019s what I love about music, the power of it, through a 3:48 song, a band can get across what they need to and with this song, they have, thank you! \u2018Zero Visibility\u2019 is a great riff driven track that sounds so old school in its tone and that kicks ass, it\u2019s like a down and dirty southern rock sound to then jump straight into \u2018Awake Too Long\u2019 which is instantly punk rock as you\u2019d want, but what I love is the next one, \u2018People Live Here\u2019 is an acoustic driven track and will have phones (or lighters if you\u2019re an older generation) in the air waving everywhere if this one gets a run in their live show, it\u2019s a great song and for this late in the album it\u2019s an interesting choice to have it as the penultimate track, yet after the frenzy of what preceded it, it is actually a nice break, but after you\u2019ve finished your Kit-Kat we\u2019re back. Closing out the album is the rocker \u2018Bridges\u2019 and I couldn\u2019t think of a better way to close the album out, it\u2019ll have you air drumming along and if you\u2019ve enjoyed the album up to this point, you\u2019ll be very happy with the way it ends, both the song and album, it\u2019s abrupt but that\u2019s punk rock.<\/p>\n

To say I\u2019m impressed with this album is an understatement, it just worked as a complete package and now it\u2019s time for me to go and re-discover Rise Against with a back catalogue. This one will be hard to kick out of my top five releases for the year. Round of applause for Rise Against.<\/p>\n

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Check out our interview with Joe of the band HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Essential Information<\/strong><\/h2>\n

From:<\/strong> Chicago, USA<\/p>\n

Sounds Like:<\/strong> Punk Rock<\/p>\n

Release date:<\/strong> 11th<\/sup> July 2014 (Universal Music Australia)<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong> \u00a0https:\/\/www.riseagainst.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Track Listing:<\/strong>
\n1. The Great Die-Off
\n2. I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore
\n3. Tragedy + Time
\n4. The Black Market
\n5. The Eco-Terrorist In Me
\n6. Sudden Life
\n7. A Beautiful Indifference
\n8. Methadone
\n9. Zero Visibility
\n10. Awake Too Long
\n11. People Live Here
\n12. Bridges<\/p>\n

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