Closure in Moscow - First Temple

Oh hey! A decent local band - not too many of these in Australia. Closure in Moscow come from good old Melbourne - when they were living here they toured frequently with shitty scene bands and that is probably one of the main reasons why i have not heard of them until yesterday...

Moving to America and signing to Equal Vision Records was a very good move - a lot of equal vision bands are bland and uninspired - but this is one of their very few exceptions (bear vs shark [RIP], moros eros [RIP] and the Kinison [RIP]) - oh shit....hopefully these guys have a longer span than those fabulous bands.

The music? it's fast, powerful and frenetic post-hardcore. Very technical guitars and soaring vocals - the vocals simply are amazing and make this album what it is - lead singer *enter name here* has a great range and knows how to belt out a tune - and htis only makes the music better. Opening Kissing Cousins is catchy as hell while vanguard is an all out assault of powerful guitars and thundering drums. Album highlight is A Night at the Spleen - motherfucking catchy as hell and id be lying if i was not turned on aurally during this song...

Unfortunately the second half of the album does die down abit - but hey i cut them some slack coz it's their first full length. Well done indeed.