Posts Tagged ‘The Maine’

Pop rock sensation The Maine partook on this years Vans Warped Tour, and they spent most of their time, when not on stage or living it up, writing in their journals and taking pictures to document the whole tour and experience. They’ve now released it all as a hardcover book, entitled the “This Is Real Life” Book.

The idea behind it is, to show life on the road, from our perspective, and in our own words. The entries in this book are the exact thoughts, feelings, and memories from each day on the tour. We met great people, we worked hard, and made it through the good and the bad of summer! Take a look through each and every day of tour. Day in and day out, this is real life…

Along with the hardcover book, it comes with a special digital version of the unreleased “This Is Real Life” EP! All y’alls can pre-order the book right now from The Maine’s web store for just $20! It’s all sent out on December 14th. And to make things even better, if you pre-order right now, a limited number of order will come with an autographed poster! So GO GO GO.

I recently did an interview with Crash Coordinates, and now have the chance to review their new EP which is set to be released November 17th.

The band has a pop-rock sound and catchy songs.

The album starts off with the song “In Circles” (which you can listen to on the band’s Myspace). “In Circles” isn’t the most upbeat song on the album, but it’s sure to drag the listener in.

“The Scandal” is possibly the catchiest song on the album, and will definitely stick in your head for a while. While listening to “The Scandal”, I felt like I was listening to a Fall Out Boy song, and I think I can safely say this is my favorite song off the EP. For fans of Crash Coordinates, you might recognize the melody from this episode of CCPOV.

I think it’s kind of funny that “A Goodbye Song” is the third track, not the last track. This song is one of the more upbeat songs and features some pretty sweet guitar riffs and occasionally some keys in the background fromVincent Liou who provides the piano, synth, and percussion for the band. There’s even a really awesome guitar solo. This song makes me want to dance.

“Falling For You” is a kind of slower song, and much like “The Scandal” makes me think of Fall Out Boy. I really enjoyed the lyrics and a short guitar solo. This is definitely a love song I’d want sung to me.:)

“Use You” starts off with a bang. The song is also very catchy and a little edgy. Overall, “Use You” is an pretty good choice to close the album and features an edgy guitar solo towards the end before finishing with a short riff.

If you like pop-rock bands like All Time Low, The Maine, and Fall Out Boy, then “The Business of Making You Move” will make an excellent addition to your collect. I myself loved Crash Coordinate’s earlier release “Ansible”, and I have to admit, “The Business of Making You Move” seems more mellow and not as exciting, but is still a great album.

I would give “The Business of Making You Move” 31/2 out of 5 stars.

Now go preorder the cd!

Hey y’all, I would like to just inform you about The Maine’s latest music video! Yeppers, they’ve got one of them fancy moving pictures for the song “Into Your Arms”. Continue