Download: Moneen – Are We Really Happy with Who We Are Right Now?
I lost my Ipod so I’ve been reconnecting with my compact disc collection over the past few weeks which has had me listening to some long forgotten records.
Moneen’s Are We Really Happy With Who We Are Right Now was released on Vagrant Records in 2003 – around the time post-hardcore was becoming popular in the mainstream and pop(punk)-rock bands like Saves the Day were in their hey day (STD was actually signed to Dreamworks during this time).
My favorite thing about Are We Really Happy… is that you can tell that the band labored over these songs.
Right from the get-go, it’s hard not to like these guys. During the first song, the title track, a surface observation would be that the singer sounds a lot like Matt Pryor from the Get Up Kids, not a bad thing. As the song goes on, the spastic, fast guitars and intricate rhythms remind me of the Casket Lottery, and the great melodies of Jimmy Eat World. The bridge sections fades to a heavy-reverb spacey guitar, and then unpredictable hits come in, bringing the rest of the band back for a strong ending, bringing thoughts of the intensity of Cursive.
Via PunkNews
Tags: moneen, pop punk, post-hardcore
