Epic Problem
All Broken
Pirates Press (2013)
I wasn’t expecting this one to hit like it does. It’s raw, forceful, and honest; personal but socially conscious, and it blends street punk energy and repetition with so-called “beard punk sensibility.” In many ways, it reminds of American Steel’s self-titled debut, putting a rough persona atop more emotionally-driven content.Starting with the gruff vocal tradeoffs of “Choke,” there’s an immediate … Read more
Epic Problem
Lines
Rebellion / Longshot / Rebelsound (2014)
You’ve heard it before a hundred times. You’ve thought it yourself.Punk rock is a safe genre.While I generally hate on talk like this, promoting genre classification over substance and artistic focus, there is a certain argument that can be made (and has been, oh, let’s say a hundred times). When you hear of a “punk record” there are expectations when … Read more
