Susan Frances
07/27/08, 02:26 PM
This Condition - Find It in You
Record Label: Unsigned
Release Date: August 2007
Find it in you is the most recent release from the Long Island band, This Condition who are presently working on a new record to be released in August 2008. Their EP, Find It In you is packed with emo gears, pop punk cylinders and shafts of energetic rock that have put Cartel and The Plain White T’s on the radar, proving that sometimes too much of a good things can make audiences want even more of it. The fivesome’s music strikes a chord with people of their own age, and with anyone who enjoys the wicked tremors emitted from a series of rocketing chords shot off like a row of fireworks. The demonstration shows that This Condition have the pop punk sensibilities of The Starting Line and the power rock blasts of Sugarcult. Find it in you has songs that This Condition want to play, and most notably, it is music that starts up this band’s engine.
“Red Letter” is the first song that plays on the media player at the band’s Myspace page. It is a multi-toned track, opening with bars supported by acoustic guitars and vocals, which then burst into action midway through with a splurge of power rock flourishes. The richness in the melodic layers have an attractive acoustic and rock blend, which could be a teaser about what to expect from the band’s new record because this track is not on Find It In You.
Still, the EP has several good points. And though much of the recording is concentrated on the rivulets of vibrating power chords modulated by guitarists Mike McGovern and Anthony Giambalvo, the rhythm section of bassist Nick Cantatore and drummer Steve Keyes produce a catchy thumping momentum, which give songs like “Thieves and the Things They Do” and “The Pick Up No. 96” some place for fans to grab onto through the riptides in the current. The density of the guitar shreds through “Sunday” creates a high rise sonics while the pop punk grooves of “In Brooklyn” have an emo-touch which commandeers the steering.
The lead vocals of Nate Cyphert have a melodic ring buoyed by the agility in his bounce as he manages an energy level that runs right alongside his band mates. The overlapping of his vocal melodies on “Thieves and the Thing They Do” broadens the track’s ability to induce excitement, and the band’s rhythmic jumps and splashing through “Cast Away” reinforces the band’s prowess for pop punk.
This Condition’s record is music that you will feel very familiar with, and may even be enamored of if your tastes favor the energy levels of pop punk. The band shows that they can play like their musical influences, but whether This Condition can move out of the shadow and into their own frame is what their new record will tell. They dunked their feet in new waters with “Red Letter,” but is there more where that came from or was it a one-time effort? This will be revealed in the band’s new record.
Sugarcult, The Starting Line, Cartel
www.myspace.com/thiscondition (http://www.myspace.com/thiscondition)
Record Label: Unsigned
Release Date: August 2007
Find it in you is the most recent release from the Long Island band, This Condition who are presently working on a new record to be released in August 2008. Their EP, Find It In you is packed with emo gears, pop punk cylinders and shafts of energetic rock that have put Cartel and The Plain White T’s on the radar, proving that sometimes too much of a good things can make audiences want even more of it. The fivesome’s music strikes a chord with people of their own age, and with anyone who enjoys the wicked tremors emitted from a series of rocketing chords shot off like a row of fireworks. The demonstration shows that This Condition have the pop punk sensibilities of The Starting Line and the power rock blasts of Sugarcult. Find it in you has songs that This Condition want to play, and most notably, it is music that starts up this band’s engine.
“Red Letter” is the first song that plays on the media player at the band’s Myspace page. It is a multi-toned track, opening with bars supported by acoustic guitars and vocals, which then burst into action midway through with a splurge of power rock flourishes. The richness in the melodic layers have an attractive acoustic and rock blend, which could be a teaser about what to expect from the band’s new record because this track is not on Find It In You.
Still, the EP has several good points. And though much of the recording is concentrated on the rivulets of vibrating power chords modulated by guitarists Mike McGovern and Anthony Giambalvo, the rhythm section of bassist Nick Cantatore and drummer Steve Keyes produce a catchy thumping momentum, which give songs like “Thieves and the Things They Do” and “The Pick Up No. 96” some place for fans to grab onto through the riptides in the current. The density of the guitar shreds through “Sunday” creates a high rise sonics while the pop punk grooves of “In Brooklyn” have an emo-touch which commandeers the steering.
The lead vocals of Nate Cyphert have a melodic ring buoyed by the agility in his bounce as he manages an energy level that runs right alongside his band mates. The overlapping of his vocal melodies on “Thieves and the Thing They Do” broadens the track’s ability to induce excitement, and the band’s rhythmic jumps and splashing through “Cast Away” reinforces the band’s prowess for pop punk.
This Condition’s record is music that you will feel very familiar with, and may even be enamored of if your tastes favor the energy levels of pop punk. The band shows that they can play like their musical influences, but whether This Condition can move out of the shadow and into their own frame is what their new record will tell. They dunked their feet in new waters with “Red Letter,” but is there more where that came from or was it a one-time effort? This will be revealed in the band’s new record.
Sugarcult, The Starting Line, Cartel
www.myspace.com/thiscondition (http://www.myspace.com/thiscondition)