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The Fly Downs announce debut LP, At This Point In Time, reveal video for Crashing Down

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Ottawa alt/punk trio The Fly Downs have announced the April 16th release of their debut LP, At This Point In Time. The 13-track offering was recorded by Scott Burniston at Apartment 2 and mixed/mastered by Topon Das. It’s being released digitally and on colored vinyl via Thousand Islands Records.

As a preview of what’s to expect, the band unleashed the lead single Crashing Down, with an accompanying music video, check it out below and pre-order the vinyl HERE.

Crashing Down is the idea that we’re all born wet and crying and we all end up under the ground at the end of it all. Whether you’re rich or poor, black or white… were all the same in the grand picture. – Jesse, vocals

Tracklist:

Til Death Do Us, Party

Somewhere Around There

Raving Reviews .

Crashing Down

You Can’t Quit Me, I’m Fired!

Head Held High (feat. Patrick Youldon)

Nowhere To Go

Life 101

Teddy’s Revenge (feat. Anndy Negative)

The Ballad Of Richard William Johnson

Dead Ringer

Fire Up The Press

This Is Who I Am Right Now

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About The Fly Downs

Ottawa’s own Alternative-rock-infused Pop Punk band, The Fly Downs, have been making waves since October of 2016. A little over a year later they would release their well-received first EP, “Pockets Out”. After a release party and a couple more shows, Alex would join in January of 2018, joining forces with Jesse and Shane to bring a new dynamic to the rhythm section, helping set the stones for the future path of the band.

The Fly Downs have not really been compared to other bands, since their style is something of their own. Inspirations from all 3 bandmates mesh into one solid state and contribute to the overall sound and style. Inspirations include many of the bands they have shared the stage with: This Is A Standoff, Ten Foot Pole, The Human Project, The Mahones, W!nslow, and Down By Law to name a few.

The Fly Downs strive to entertain audiences and fans with a high energy and inclusive performance, often igniting group chants and sing-alongs with the audience. Never compromising catchiness for complexity, their songs are composed with a healthy blend of both. The lyrics often have outward-looking subject matter that many can hopefully find themselves in.

With the recent teaming up with Thousand Island Records and subsequent release of their debut full-length album, “At This Point In Time”, The Fly Downs are eager to hit the road again to share their music and make many more friends along the way.

The Fly Downs: Facebook

Thousand Islands Records: Website

Finnish Metalcore band I AT LAST released a second single from their upcoming debut EP!

Promo picture by Joanna Suomalainen
 
Finnish metalcore metal band I AT LAST released a new single Wake. The track is taken from the upcoming debut EP Magenta which is released on March 26th 2021 via Inverse Records. 

Watch Wake video: https://youtu.be/DDDcM5czPX4 

Although I AT LAST declare themselves representatives of the metalcore genre, the EP embodies the band’s distinctive sound, breaking the prejudices associated with said genre. “Influences for the EP can be found in several different genres, but in the end when someone asks what I AT LAST sounds like, I would say it sounds like us. The sound of ‘Magenta’ creates a good overall picture of who we are and what kind of music we want to create.”, says the band’s guitarist Roope Lappalainen. The five-track “Magenta” EP reaches just over 26 minutes and is released entirely in digital form.

Listen to the Wake single on:  
Youtube: https://youtu.be/DDDcM5czPX4 
Spotify: http://spoti.fi/37n5hv1 
Bandcamp: https://iatlast.bandcamp.com 
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/us/album/202904972 
Apple Music: https://apple.co/2LXu4OX 
Tidal: https://listen.tidal.com/album/171101768 

Pre-save Magenta EP to your Spotify playlist: https://save-it.cc/imusician/magenta
 

EP is mixed by Julius Nikander and mastered by Pekka Posio. 

Line-up:
Henry Manninen – Vocals
Roope Lappalainen – Guitar
Juha Rantala – Guitar
Roberto Rivera Pöyhönen – Bass
Niko Haavisto – Drums
 
 
Links:
https://www.facebook.com/iatlastband
https://www.instagram.com/iatlastband 
https://spoti.fi/2KLnLtz 
https://iatlast.bandcamp.com 
 

Quebec skatepunks Go Great Guns reveal title song for their forthcoming e.p.

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Quebec City skatepunk foursome Go Great Guns is back with a new EP titled “Roots”. The follow up to their 2017 debut S/T album comes out March 10th via Thousand Islands Records. You can check out the title track out now.

Roots is about rising up and refusing to be held silent any longer. It’s a punk rock ode to the power of unity and equality, two human values we desperately need at this particular time. Describes Jeff Girard of Go Great Guns.

For Roots, the band returns with their blend of melodic and skate punk, this time pouring in hardcore elements for a more refined sound.

Roots EP Tracklist:

Bite The Bullet

Moving Frames

Drop A Bombshell

Shadows And The Streets

Roots

About Go Great Guns:

Go Great Guns is a melodic punk act formed in 2015 in Quebec City, Canada. Their eponymous debut album was released in 2017 on Thousand Islands Records. In 2020, with their friend and sound engineer Pierre Lemire, they went back to the shed to record “Roots”, the new EP released in march 2021 on the same label. The band found the exact sound and style they were after: a faster, heavier punk rock, while still being harmony and melody-oriented.