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RELIENT K - Five Score & Seven Years Ago
| Silent Urpoar | | After a breakout hit with 2004’s Mmhmm, Relient K is back with what may their most complete work to date. Five Score and Seven Years Ago (a play on the space between the band’s first album and this, their fifth) is pop/punk gold that successfully toes the overtly cheesy line while at times hitting a level of honesty the band hasn’t reached before....full text |
| | AbsolutePunk | | Relient K's history dates back to their 1998 demo, All Work and No Play, which resulted in their signing to Gotee Records. After three albums on Gotee, the band made a jump to the heavy-hitting Capitol Records to release Mmhmm in 2004. Now featuring two new members (guitarist Jon Schneck and bassist John Warne), the band seems ready to take on anything. After selling roughly 800,000 units of Mmhmm, Relient K returns to center stage with their dominant major-label follow-up titled Five Score and Seven Years Ago....full text |
| | Sputnikmusic.com | | Relient K’s lead singer Matt Thiessen compares the band to Laffy Taffy. “It’s the same flavor,” he says, “but we try to stretch it a little bit. It's still melodic, rock 'n' roll...but at the same time we're trying to write a bit differently." With Relient K’s latest effort, Five Score and Seven Years Ago, they’ve lightened the overt pop tones of their 2004 release, mmhmm, and find the band harkening back to its Anatomy days while maturing its sound, and while it’s still far from original or even easily accessible beyond a purely mainstream rock or Christian crowd, Five Score comes direct with more punk overtones and vocals that are bitter to mmhmm’s sugary process....full text |
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