by request
Artist Biography by Brendan Dabkowski
Boys Life were a Kansas City, Mo., band with an
intensely energetic, but dissonant sound that sprung out of the
post-hardcore scene in 1993. The band began releasing material on split
7" records with other local outfits Secular Theme and Giants Chair.
Relying on a stripped-down sound punctuated by out-of-tune, noisy
guitars and a ‘quiet' then ‘loud' alternation, the foursome then put out
two full-length albums, Boys Life in 1995 and the out-of-print classic
Departures and Landfalls in 1996.
Tagged emo-core by critics and kids alike, the band, composed of Brandon Butler (vocals/guitar), John Anderson (drums), John Rejba (bass) and Joe Winkle (guitar), often began their songs with a simple bass line and then turned up the nobs and ditched the drum brushes, building up to epic crescendos with screaming, distortion and energy -- all in a very controlled manner. Adding samples of crickets chirping, radio static and the far-off wail of train whistles gave the band a decidedly Midwestern/Americana feel without ever coming off as folk or country.
Boys Life called it quits sometime in 1997, but members went on to form the short-lived Farewell Bend, Lullaby for the Working Class and other projects. Winkle and Butler now do time in the Lo-Fi outfit Canyon.
Tagged emo-core by critics and kids alike, the band, composed of Brandon Butler (vocals/guitar), John Anderson (drums), John Rejba (bass) and Joe Winkle (guitar), often began their songs with a simple bass line and then turned up the nobs and ditched the drum brushes, building up to epic crescendos with screaming, distortion and energy -- all in a very controlled manner. Adding samples of crickets chirping, radio static and the far-off wail of train whistles gave the band a decidedly Midwestern/Americana feel without ever coming off as folk or country.
Boys Life called it quits sometime in 1997, but members went on to form the short-lived Farewell Bend, Lullaby for the Working Class and other projects. Winkle and Butler now do time in the Lo-Fi outfit Canyon.
Tracklist
| 1 | Golf Hill Drive | 2:30 |
| 2 | Tucked In | 2:28 |
| 3 | A Quarters Worth | 5:15 |
| 4 | Without Doubt | 2:59 |
| 5 | Lister | 3:40 |
| 6 | Breaker Breaker | 4:08 |
| 7 | Cloudy And 47 | 5:33 |
| 8 | Temporary | 2:28 |
| 9 | Clay Hill | 5:01 |
No comments:
Post a Comment