Daybreak Ends, a metalcore rock group
from Burbank, CA, has released their first LP since 2010's “The
Self Unseen.”
From Burbank, CA, comes the third major
release from the vitriolic four-piece metalcore band known as
Daybreak Ends, an explosive collection of tracks they've dubbed “A
Second Chance to Fail.” The title is at least ironic, if not
outright sarcastic, as the album itself is a bulls-eye and a
bombshell, a soaring success the likes of which record producers
dream. With this, their most-recent release since 2010, Daybreak
carves solidly their name into the annals of the absolute best
alternative rock bands in the last decade.
The first impression of Daybreak Ends
is reminiscent of San Diego's As I Lay Dying or the East-Bay Hardcore
band-gone-emo, AFI, but upon closer inspection, their roots are far
more widespread. Vocals range from At-the-Drive-In-style belting to
straight-laced Def Leppard singing, and even the occasional David
Bowie croon. Background vocals occasionally fly away into flawless,
creepy three-part harmonies à
la Bad Religion. Guitars switch effortlessly from the
chugga-chugga of traditional grindcore into classic bar
chords, then transition into TSOL punk rock tones, and again into
grunge-era bends the likes of which Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains
has been long known – and don't miss the guitarist's U2 moment near
the closing crescendo of “Aperture.”
Daybreak's percussion is a laser-guided
carpet-bombing, a machine gun spraying the crowd in the purest
staccatos like those which Napalm Death once terrified audiences. He
chops wood when he wants groove, he fills large spaces with a single
strike to the top of his ride cymbal. He attacks with double-kicks
and snare fills that rap on the skull like a low ceiling fan. It's
much to the rest of the band's credit that they manage to keep him
from stealing the show – at least, not all the time. If anyone's
responsible for keeping this man in line, it's the bassist, whose
surgical walks up and down the neck are pristine, but never too
flashy, always tasteful and with the occasional dash of funk.
Music fans have had it hard the last
few years, particularly in the genres of punk rock, metalcore, and
related areas, but albums like “A Second Chance to Fail” by
Daybreak Ends fill one's ears with the old intensity, adrenaline, and
also the faith that rock and roll will never die, that the record
industry moguls can never successfully destroy what Chuck Berry
started and Metallica polished. Fans of AFI, As I Lay Dying, and the
like have a duty to themselves to check out this record, and everyone
else should at least put down the Ke$ha long enough to let Daybreak
kick hell out of them for a track or two. There's something
excellently wrong with this fantastically destructive, potentially
incinerating record by some fine young lads not from Liverpool.
The LP “A Second Chance to
Fail” is distributed globally by MondoTunes (www.MondoTunes.com)
and is available at iTunes for convenient purchase and download
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ARTIST
CONTACT INFO:
Josh (818) 274-4851
www.daybreakends.com
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