The New Sidewalk - Such Gold

I haven't written a review in about 8 months now so I apologize if this is a little sketchy.  This is Such Gold's newest album and upon first listen I realized that it was the best material they have ever released.  A lot of fuck boy pop punk kids say that Such Gold isn't worth listening to past Pedestals and anyone who says that obviously just doesn't like actual musical talent.  With every album Such Gold pushes the boundaries and comes up with more progressive, more technical, and more bad ass parts.  One of the most stand out performances of this album is the way that the vocals are delivered.  I couldn't tell with Misadventures whether or not Such Gold would try to take a more melodic hardcore path or end up bringing it back to pop punk but with this album they ended up paving a new path.  The vocals are delivered extremely clean in some parts and are almost never taken into a full scream.  This shows me that he has become more confident with his voice and is letting the music make up for any aggression that the vocals have lost.  This is the first album that they have released as a four piece and that left me expecting the guitar to be lacking compared to their previous work but again, I couldn't have been more wrong.  Every song fucking rips.  I honestly have no idea how it is possible to play such technical pieces with such strange timing and be able to sing at the same time.  Whatever it is they are doing now is working and I haven't been able to stop listening to this for weeks now.  If you haven't checked it out yet you need to get on it immediately.

-Ian

(I just opened another tab to search the tracklist and it got a 10/10 rating on HasItLeaked.  Fucking right.)

Tracklist

1. Engulfed In Flames

2. Faced

3. Axed Away

4. Food Court Blues

5. No Cab Fare

6. I Know What I Saw

7. Nauseating

8. Don't Park Next To Me

9. Morrison

10. When It Gives

11. Frying In The Mix

12. The New Sidewalk

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http://www20.zippyshare.com/v/74644898/file.html

Split - Ivy League TX/Turnover/Maker/Such Gold

These guys are all pretty cool and Such Gold is one of my favorite bands so it's pretty cool they did a split together. Four bands from all different parts of America came together for this so if you're a fan of pop punk and skip out on this you're obviously missing out on something big.

Tracklist

1. Ivy League TX - Cave

Turnover - I Would Hate You If I Could

3. Maker - Here She Comes

4. Such Gold - Framed

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http://www.mediafire.com/download/jd7vj34n7foelol/ILTX-T-M-SG-SPLIT.zip

Pedestals - Such Gold

If you're going to download Stand Tall you might as well get Pedestals too. This one is a banger too and I still listen to it all the time.  I love Such Gold so I'm partial to pretty much everything that they put out.  But I give a big thumbs up to this EP too so if you like the other stuff you've heard go ahead and get this.

Tracklist

1. Cut Rides

2. Sycamore

3. The Brass Tax

4. So Close

5. Gut Rot

6. Pedestals

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Stand Tall EP - Such Gold

This EP just makes me feel like it's summer and that is pretty much saving me from going insane this winter.  Such Gold has always been one of the only pop punk bands that I can consistently listen to and it all started with this EP.  I know that Such Gold isn't huge now, but they're definitely a lot bigger than they were when this came out.  If there are any fans of Such Gold out there that haven't heard this then stop fucking up and listen to it.  And to anyone that is a fan of pop punk with more of a punk side to a pop side (that's the best way I can describe it) then listen to this.  I still love it so there's a good chance you will too.

Tracklist

1. Four Superbowls, No Rings

2. You Always Know What's Best

3. What's Left Of You

4. The Greatest Comeback Of All Time

5. Stand Tall

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Misadventures - Such Gold

Such Gold along with The Story So Far are the only two pop punk bands that I've been able to consistently listen to ever since I originally heard of them.  They just never really get old.  Such Gold in my opinion is a step above The Story So Far though because of their great guitar work.  These guys consistently kill it by bridging the gap between hardcore/pop punk/melodic shit by coming up with some of the best guitar riffs around.  What's even more amazing to me is right now they're touring as a 4 piece with their singer playing lead as well as about 90% of the vocals ever since their guitarist/backup singer quit.  They're still seamless live and this album really separated their early work from their current direction.  This is definitely one of my favorite pop punk releases of all time and if you decided to sleep on it for some reason you definitely messed up.  They should be coming out with a new album along with a split this year so if you get into this keep an eye out for more good music coming from these guys.

Tracklist

1. Two Year Plan

2. Locked Out Of The Magic Theater

3. Understand And Forget

4. Higher Places

5. Tell Yourself

6. Survival Of The Fondest

7. Another Day

8. Keyhole M.O.

9. Storyteller

10. Committee Circus

11. You Are Your Greatest Threat (The Doctor Will Serve You Now)

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