- Release Info -------------------------------------------------------------- -
Artist: Sound The Alarm
Album: Stay Inside
Label: Geffen Records
Playtime: 44:07 min
Genre: Rock
URL: http://www.myspace.com/soundthealarmmusic
Rip date: 2007-03-05
Street date: 2007-06-12
Size: 71 MB
Type: Advance
Quality: VBR kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
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Sound The Alarm are products of their environment. The band formed at the age
of 12 in Bangor, PA (a small town east of Allentown), and were raised on an
older brother's record collection. Factor in healthy doses of Aerosmith and
Led Zeppelin with a steady diet of modern rock bands including Foo Fighters,
Incubus and Stone Temple Pilots, and the band's infectious sound dilates into
focus.
Frontman Cody Jancovic, bassist Colin Ellis, guitarists Brian Chiusano, Joe
Brule and drummer Rick Stephans were still in high school when they were
discovered by producer Howard Benson (My Chemical Romance, The All-American
Rejects, Head Automatica, Saosin) and recorded under his direction.
Now in their late teens, the band is ready to unveil their first album, Stay
Inside. Stay Inside consists of twelve diverse tracks, a fact the band
credits to the eight months they spent in Los Angeles last year writing their
record. "We wrote over 50 songs," explains Colin Ellis. "We had an apartment
together and all we would do everyday is write and explore new ideas."
The result is an album that's as unique as it is engaging. Equal parts
melodic and driving, the opener "Closer" sets the album's tone early. The
acoustic-tinged ballad "Telling Lies" shows that STA can harmonize with the
best of their peers. "Fact Or Fiction" and "Picture Perfect" showcase the
bands ability to walk the fine line between rock and pop sensibilities. "I
think the album's diversity has a lot to do with all the different kinds of
music we listen to. I take pride in the fact that none of our songs sound
similar to each other" says singer Cody Jancovic.
The first single "Suffocating" is a unique amalgam of modern rock, pop and
punk. The song is immediately memorable and accessible-and it also has a
special significance for the band. Says Colin who wrote the lyrics for the
song, "I wrote 'Suffocating' at the beginning of our junior year while things
were just starting to pick up for us, there was uncertainty as to where we
would be in the coming months. That, combined with the pressure to graduate
and make a definitive decision as to what I was going to do with the rest of
my life, was, at times, overwhelming. It's just about rising above the fear
of change and becoming an adult, finding direction in an area I knew nothing
about." Adds Brian Chiuasano, "We were being pulled in a lot of different
directions," referring to the band's decision to pursue their music as a
full-time career. "We were just killing ourselves thinking about it and what
was next."
Consequently, it's no accident that the song "Stay Inside" became the albums
title track, as it offers the best metaphor for what the album - and STA -
are all about. "We wrote that song about stepping out of your comfort zone
and not feeling intimidated about what you want to do," says Rick Stephans,
thinking back to the day three years ago when they were invited to a meeting
with producer Howard Benson. "When we started this band, we never thought we
would get to this point," Joe Brule admits. "There's no way we're going to
let up now."
- Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -
01. closer ( 3:38)
02. picture perfect ( 3:51)
03. suffocating ( 3:14)
04. stay inside ( 3:35)
05. until we collide ( 3:36)
06. fact or fiction ( 4:16)
07. telling lies ( 4:26)
08. if i told you ( 3:13)
09. count on me ( 3:36)
10. something new ( 2:46)
11. blame it all on me ( 2:50)
12. fight for... ( 5:06)
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