Label: Interscope/DGC Rating: 3.5 Guns
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Written By: Jim Markunas
Rise Against brilliantly thrusts Orange County-influenced hardcore punk back into the foreground with their second major-label offering, “Appeal To Reason.” Hailing from Chicago, IL, Rise Against is like a more serious Offspring, or the Anti-Flag that you can bring home to mom and dad.
A little less straight-up hardcore then debut album, “The Sufferer And The Witness,” new album, “Appeal To Reason” is a slight change in direction that suits the band perfectly.
“Collapse (Post-America)” leads with a bang, with punk-rock drums and heavily distorted guitars, and “Long Forgotten Sons” showcases the coolest guitar riff in rock music history. It’s impossible not to head-bang to these songs.
It’s hard not to like lead single “Re-Education (Through Labor)” which reminisces of Nirvana, and “The Dirt Whispered” which basks in the nostalgic emotional music of 2003.
“Kotov Syndrome,” “From Heads Unworthy,” and “The Strength To Go On,” flowing one into the next, are “Appeal To Reason’s” heavy-hitting punk-rock interlude. Cinematic as they are punk, these three songs will keep the repeat button on your CD player or iPod employed for at least a week.
Rise Against – “Audience Of One”
“Audience Of One” showcases Rise Against’s ability to write great songs fit for any arena.
“Hero Of War” puts the band’s diversity to test; Reminiscent of Bob Dylan in the 1960s.
Much like it begins, “Appeal To Reason” also ends with a bang. Album-closers, “Hairline Fracture” and “Whereabouts Unknown,” smashes listeners in the head with punk, dry lungs, and sing-along choruses.
All-in-all, the new Rise Against is definitely worth buying.
Much like Rage Against The Machine, Rise Against practices what they preach, printing their CD with vegetable ink on recycled paper. The album also contains a list of recommended pro-activist books and movies.
Like Rise against? You may also like: The Offspring, Rage Against The Machine, Anti-Flag, Pennywise
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