Rise Against - Audience Of One

Illinois born irreverence continues to be spewed out by this Tim McIlrath-led spikey punk purveyors Rise Against.

However, this ironically titled single 'Audience Of One', that proceeds a nearly sold-out European tour is of a more personal nature, exchanging political jabs and jibes for personal searching and pondering.

McIllrath flits his vocal range between pleading, desperate and plain lost. Slow and meaty percussion jabs flow almost eerily into the revolving rhythmic guitar lunges of the lead singer himself.

Alongside Bad Religion and Pennywise, Rise Against continue to show that erstwhile, heart on sleeve punk is not a thing of the past and longevity is definitely not a stranger to at least some modern punk restorers.