Stream/Share ACHILLES "Hospice" (polar bear club,s

[Guest Admin]

STREAM THE ALBUM AT THIS LINK:

http://www.vinylcollective.com/2009/07/28/streamshare-achilles-hospice-members-of-polar-bear-clubsoul-control/

We are excited to share with you the full album stream of Farewell Party's next release, Achilles “Hospice”. Hospice was originally released on CD via HEX records in 2007; the CD can still be purchased through them at this link http://hexrecords.bigcartel.com/

From the Hex site, “The ridiculously good second full length from Rochester’s own Achilles. Though way on the back burner due to members commitments with Polar Bear Club, Soul Control, and fatherhood, this record gained so much praise just by how freaking good the songwriting is they didn’t need to bother playing shows in support of it. While heavily rooted in a ‘mathcore’ vein, influences are not strictly limited to the Botch school of thought. Add bits of Majority Rule, City Of Caterpillars, Faraquet, and straight up melodic hardcore and you get this excellent document of a band with passion seeping out every pore. The album sounds delicious.” Farewell Party decided to license the album for release on vinyl in hopes of giving the album the attention it deserves.

Punknews said of the album in a review, “Hospice is assuredly a step up from the also excellent The Dark Horse, which combined some of the best aspects from heavy but ambitious acts like Botch and Breather Resist. Achilles seem to forge their own territory here, diversifying their sound and concentrating less on atmospherics and more on a heavy base, mixed up tempos and interchanging riffs. “We Are Fixtures” is one of the best examples of this, in addition to being possibly Hospice’s best track; Rory Vangrol (also of How We Are) kicks it up a notch repetitively screaming “wake up, wake up! We’re losing everything!,” and leads the charge perfectly — rarely has Achilles sounded this urgent, while the band floor the listener with a breathtaking sense of dynamics.?

The pre-order will be posted on Thursday, July 30th prior to the pre-order of the 3 Under the Influence 7″s.

Take a listen, this sounds like a record that a lot of you would enjoy.

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Wohoooo!

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Bump. Anyone peep the stream?

[ohiopride]

BUMPS!!!!!!!!!

[ludesmaaan]

while everyone knows PBC and Soul Control, don't forget the awesome bands Rob has played in...

Building on Fire

Union

Dead To The World

Marathon

...and probably a few others that i'm forgetting.

[chaps]

while everyone knows PBC and Soul Control, don't forget the awesome bands Rob has played in...

Building on Fire

Union

Dead To The World

Marathon

...and probably a few others that i'm forgetting.

Rob plays one guitar and makes it sound like 7