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    The Franchise

    Original Inevitable

    (2003)

    Reviewed by Len Nash

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    Label Vanishing Point RecordsThe Phantom Tollbooth2003
    melodic hardcorepop punkpunk

    With a certain distortion in his voice and his guitar, Scott Silletta has brought another one of his projects onto his new record label, Vanishing Point Records; the name of the project, The Franchise. Going right along with his previous projects (Fanmail, Plankeye), he adds some of the energy and cockiness of some of the bands out there (Squad 5-0, etc.). Silletta produced, engineered, and played on this release that is full of songs that move, ten to be exact. If you like a little bit of an innocent, catchy, cocky, pop punk album, then by all means search out for this release and buy it.

    Other coverage for this album

    Decapolis September 2003Reviewed by Nate BaileyThe Franchise features former Plankeye and Fanmail member Scott Silletta and is based out of LA, California. Scott Silletta's writing style is very identifiable within the songs of The Franchise. Melodic rock with a strong punk influence (think early Face to Face), "Original Inevitable" is a solid album. Its downfall however is that while the songs bear professionalism, they just don't have a…

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