This band is so good. I had heard people talking about them for a while now, but I never really checked them out until this CD. Actually for a while I thought they were a hardcore band, wasn't I pleasantly surprised when I heard this release for the first time. After reading other reviews of this CD, and hearing some of their longtime fans talk, it didn't seem like the people who were really into their older stuff liked this CD too much. My question would be, "what the heck is wrong with you"? This is by far one of the best releases of the past few months. Great melodies, catchy choruses, a guitar sound that is full of energy, and a singer with a very nicely projected voice. Honestly there isn't a bad song on the entire CD. If you put this CD in and it doesn't get you moving then there may be something wrong with you. Sure if you're not into melodic punk rock you may not be into this, which I can understand since I'm sort of that way with Hardcore. Most of the songs are about relationships, whether it's between the band members and girls, the singer and his mom, or the kids that picked on them in school. The really good thing is that they aren't cheesy love songs, but cool love songs, and they don't seem like junior high perverts like Blink 182 and half the other pop punk bands. If these guys got a video on MTV they would be bigger than Blink 182, someone take this band and promote the heck out of them. We need to get these guys on the Decompilation!!! If you haven't heard this band before and you're looking for a good comparison a lot of people say they sound like the band Lifetime. I guess that's a pretty good comparison.
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Decapolis 2000Reviewed by ConradWhat in the world? How come I've never heard of this band? This band totally rocks. This band is really good and upbeat melodic rock/pop-punk. The vocals are refreshing, passionate and clear sounding with tons of harmonies (thank you). This is one of them albums that gets you out of your seat and goofing off around your room. It would be really hard to be in a bad mood with this music playing.…Decapolis 2000Reviewed by TimRock. Every song on this release was wonderful. Everything about this CD was just great. Rock n roll almost at its finest. My only complaint is that the recording wasn't as good as I would have liked it to have been. Other than that this cd is definitely worth buying. B+Decapolis 2000Reviewed by Matt AAlright, I could write 20 pages about this record. Since it first came out it's been fixed in my CD player, and I don't think it's leaving anytime soon. This record isn't as reminiscent of Lifetime as their first LP, but it is still as intense. One of the things I love about this record is that it doesn't really sound like anything else going on today. There's elements of emo, punk, hardcore, and…Similar sounding releases
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