If that sounds at first glance like a strange combination, I can wholeheartedly assure you that the band have got it down a to a science on Unicornography, and I'm talking about the kind of science that can turn lead into gold. The sound they create is a mostly-upbeat, booze-fuelled amalgam of scuzzy melodic punk, Against Me style folk-rock, and ska (albeit with the usual horns replaced by ooohs and whoas). The band consists of Brendan Kelly and Neil Hennessy (of The Lawrence Arms), Dan Andriano (of The Alkaline Trio), and Todd Mohney ( The Killing Tree, ex- Rise Against), although the latter doesn't appear on this recording according to the liner notes, they "couldn't find" him. ![]() ![]() Well, we can now add another name to this illustrious list: The Falcon. These bands include The Killing Tree, Slapstick, The Broadways, Arma Angelus (famously also including Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz), Tuesday, and Baxter, among others. ![]() The individuals in the bands we now know as The Alkaline Trio, The Lawrence Arms, and Rise Against have almost all, at some point or another played together in various Chicago bands (most of which released their records through Mike Park's Asian Man Records). It seems to me that the Chicagoan punk scene consists of the most incestuous group of bands known to man. Review Summary: Larry Arms and Alkaline Trio regulars moonlight in ska-folk-punk combo, and kick your ass in the process.
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