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1) Describe your music for those who aren’t familiar.

We play a mix of “Melodic” Hardcore and somewhat modern “Screamo”. I use both terms loosely because we’re never really quite sure what genre to put ourselves in. We kind of like it that way though, keeps people guessing. (We hope)

2) Who are some of your biggest musical influences?

We all come from such vast musical backgrounds. Each of us have had our share of experience in bands, none of them remotely close to what’s being played now, and none of them alike. Personally, Two Gallants and Killing The Dream influence me the most. There are a lot of Cormac McCarthy and Oscar Wilde rip offs in our lyrics as well. As for the rest of the guys, there’s Mike’s obsession with American Football and Randall’s constant search for the heaviest music ever written. Justin loves As Cities Burn, and none of us really know anything about Matt (steven); He wears a The Carrier windbreaker sometimes.

3) What are some of your favorite parts about the music scene that you come out of?  What are some things that you wish you could change about the music scene?

Greenville/The Upstate of SC has a pretty dull music scene. Luckily there are a hand full of individuals with the passion and drive to fight against the always impending death of our scene. It has gotten better, and is probably currently the best it’s ever been (strictly speaking in terms of attendance at shows). Some of us in the band have recently teamed up with friends from the area and opened a new venue right outside of downtown, so hopefully we can build something that has a little bit of potential.

If I could change anything it would be the general attitude of how people see touring bands around here. I’d like to see more relaxation and less “idol-worship”. I get tired of seeing bands treat the people at their shows like “fans”, as opposed to how we view them: “friends”. Same thing goes for the kids at shows. Just because someone’s standing a few feet above you banging their head, doesn’t mean they’re any better than you, so calm down, and treat them like a normal sweaty guy/girl who just happens to be on the stage.

4) How did your band get started?

Strangely. The original line-up was almost completely different. Matt (bass) and I (vocals) are the only two members still in the position we started in. Justin (drums) used to play guitar, until the original drummer left. Then the other original guitarist left, so we asked Mike to join, and we were a four piece for a while. One day at our old practice space, Randall was just hanging out and picked up a guitar. So that was that.

We also played very different, much less original music for the first 6 months, until Justin quit chugging and Mike started making weird, spacey noise.

5) What are you most excited about for the future of your band?

We’ve always been the type of band to get immediately bored with whatever we just wrote, so, that being the case, we’re always writing new music. We’ve recorded (and kind of “released”) one demo and 2 e.p.’s. Currently we’re writing some new songs for what we hope will be on a 7″ sometime in the distant future. Touring is the one thing at this point that we really want/need to do, so we’ll probably be doing that this December, maybe sooner.

Mainly I’m just excited that it’s lasted this long, because we all like to bitch at each other constantly and are all so different.

6)  If you could change one thing about the music industry what would it be?

August 31 at NBT

Corpus Christi
A Hero A Fake
We Sail At Dawn
Vindictive Soverign
Kids In Masses
$8 Cover

Hardcore / Progressive / Metal

For better or worse, South Carolina’s hardcore music scene isn’t what it used to be a handful of years ago. Many of the kids you used to see at shows all over SC have moved onto other things, and are generally disinterested in getting into new hardcore bands. They’ve got their favorite bands they got into in high school that they still jam relentlessly, and that’s enough for them. And there’s nothing wrong with that. It’s only on the rare occasion that the carriers of the old standard load into the van and head back out on tour that you see these kids out at hardcore shows. Well, thanks to the team of kids who brought shows back to Summerville, SC’s American Legion Post, that rare occasion is this Sunday, July 25. Dead Truth’s Remembering Never are rolling back into SC, and they’ve brought labelmates Hivemind, fellow Floridians My Amends, Forty Winters, and Battle!, supported on tour by SC’s hometown heroes In Regret and Blacklines, with them to put on one of the best shows the Legion has been home to in years.

Mainline – “Choke Chain” from Graeme Fouste on Vimeo.

Graeme Fouste left the Columbia music scene with one last present before he took off for New York City and that was this video from Mainline for their song “Choke Chain.”   This song will be the first song off their new cassette Born Dead.

Photo by Kyle Jackson

THE CARRIER, ADVENT, Torch Runner, Blacklines, In Regret – Round Hill Community Club 2707 Two Notch Road, Lexington SC

The Carrier is on their Spring Break 10` tour with Advent. This tour will be appearing Sunday, March 14th with locals Torch Runner, Blacklines, and In Regret.

Torch Runner

For fans of Cursed, Colony, and Just Die! Torch Runner (Greensboro, North Carolina) is loud and chaotic.

Blacklines

For fans of Modern Life is War and Verse. This Charleston local band has been making a pretty heavy impact recently. With soon to be released split 7” with Columbia locals In Regret, we will see what is next to come for this South Carolina hardcore band.

In Regret

For fans of It Prevails, Shai Hulud, and This is Hell. These Columbia locals have really come into their own over the past few months. In Regret is a great band with a lot of potential, if you haven’t listened to them, take the time to check out to the songs on their myspace and you won’t regret it.

Advent

For fans of For Today, Life in Your Way, and Bury Your Dead. This Christian hardcore band has been a mainstay of heavy hardcore for the past few years. This band includes the previous drummer of Beloved but separates itself both lyrically and musically. Advent relishes in the intense breakdowns which were sprinkled through Beloved’s work. They are touring on their recent release Naked and Cold. Naked and Cold is heavy, energetic, and chocked full of breakdowns.

The Carrier

For Fans of Dead Hearts, Defeater, and Killing the Dream. The Carrier has a creative blend of intense vocals with slow and melodic rhythms permeating in their emotionally charged albums. Their use of repetitive rhythms and isolationist lyrics makes one lose their self in the music. While a little melodramatic, The Carrier puts on an intense show by pulling the crowd in and leaving everything on the stage. One aspect cherished about seeing this band is being able to relate to the melodramatic/depressing/isolationist lyrics and being sucked in by their enthralling presence and The Carrier promises to provide.

8pm

Round Hill Community Club

2707 Two Notch road, Lexington SC

On March 6th the House of Hardcore brings Former Thieves with Into It. Over It. and Dire Wolf.

Dire Wolf is a hardcore band from Michigan.  They sound a little like Converge, but more so like Integrity.  They have that heavy doom sound with faster parts intertwined.  They are coming off the release of their most recent EP-Gloom (self-released).  You can find both their EPs (Gloom and self-titled) free on their myspace.

Into It. Over It. seems a little out of the place for this show, considering he is a singer/songwriter but don’t jump to conclusions, Into It. Over It. Is good stuff.  Into It. Into It. Over It. Is a solo project of Evan Weiss (The Progress, It’s A King Thing, Up Up Down Down), and 52 weeks was born from his goal to write one song a week for 52 weeks starting on his 23rd birthday.  Some of his vocals remind me of Minus the Bear without the technicalities but other times it is similar to Bright Eyes or Death Cab for Cutie.

http://intoitoverit.com/

Former Thieves – Control and Illusion (LIVE) from Tim Dodd on Vimeo.

Former Thieves is a heavy punk band from Iowa.  This band is one of the more intense up and coming band.  They blend a heavy technical sound with bursts of energy, reminiscent of Brain Worms, Pianos Become The Teeth, or Touche Amore.  Former Thieves is touring on their 12” The Great and The Alleged Great (Mayfly Records).  This 5 song LP is full of energy and dark lyrics, and one would expect their live performance to be complementary.

http://www.myspace.com/formerthieves
http://www.mayflyrecords.net/?page_id=3

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