ARTIST: 1997
TITLE: ...A Better View of the Rising Moon
LABEL: Victory Records
GENRE: Rock
BITRATE: 205kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 46m total
RELEASE DATE: 2007-04-17
RIP DATE: 2007-04-03
Track List
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1. Water's Edge 4:18
2. Garden Of Evil 4:16
3. Hey Darlin' 3:28
4. In Your Car 3:23
5. Patience, Prudence 3:21
6. Grace 4:48
7. The Roads You Can Take 3:36
8. Lovelikepoetry 3:29
9. Tennessee Song 3:36
10. Enough Is Enough 5:21
11. Droppin' Dimes 3:59
12. Curse Or Cure 2:43
Release Notes:
Members of this still-young suburban Chicago quintet started getting into
various bands as young teenagers and have been playing non-stop ever since.
Previously, the members of 1997 had played in bands ranging from pop-rocksters
October Fall and metalcore screamers Funeral Etiquette to emo suburban legends
Constance. When they finally got together in October of 2005, it was as if,
notes singer Kevin Thomas, ôfive best friends had finally found our musical
niche.ö Their debut Victory album, which will feature passionate rock power with
effervescent pop harmonies and melodies, comes out in the spring of 2007.
In today's rapidly evolving artistic culture it seems that our standard musical
genre classifications no longer serve to describe modern sound. Rock music is
mutating. Punk has given way to post-punk, while hardcore has progressed to
post-hardcore. Metal has forged onward into metal core and nu-metal, while pop
has paved the way for power-pop and alternative. All the while, Chicago natives
1997 find themselves on the forefront of this auditory onslaught.
Throughout their still brief history, 1997's sound has been compared by fans and
critics to bands ranging from Promise Ring, Acceptance and Mineral to Mates of
State, The Get Up Kids, and Jimmy Eat World. While comparisons certainly can be
made, such a description fails to describe the atmosphere of a stuffy attic
apartment as it became flooded with the heartfelt sounds of acoustic guitars and
passionate voices. It was this humble prelude that would soon give way to the
current musical force that is 1997. With inventive songwriting, expressive
lyrical content, thrilling harmony, intricate musicianship, and a live
performance that blows minds and breaks hearts, it comes as no surprise that
critics and fans agree 1997 has a very bright future ahead of them.