Cute Is What We Aim For - Newport Living
[Fueled By Ramen Records]

A humanity admonishing, acapella emo intro strikes straight into your heart and, you sense that these label mates of Fall Out Boy have achieved their aim without striking a chord.

Twining emo and post rock collide to implode under the Ben Kowalewicz and Chris Conley sharing a moment of clarity, vocals of Shaant. The lead man rides on the crest of a slow throbbing bass line, before the ram-raiding instrumental drive kicks in.

If this aspect of modern music was at all perturbed by the bottle throwing and condemnation it received at Reading this year, then this provocatively named quartet are not showing it, one bit.

They contain everything people loath and like about this genre and continue to harvest the bitter crops of their debut album ‘Same Blood Rush With A New Touch’, with impunity and a sorrowful rush.