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The Letters Organize
Posted by Rob Ortenzi on 16-Nov-05 @ 05:00 PM
HQ: Atlanta, GA
NOW PLAYING: Dead Rhythm Machine (NITRO; nitrorecords.com) WHY YOU SHOULD KNOW 'EM:We picked the Letters Organize to play AP's Warped Tour contest back in 2003, and they continue to rock our world to this day. YOU LIKE? YOU'LL LIKE: The Bronx / Sadaharu / Halo Of Flies As any good demolition expert will tell you, theoretically speaking, a bomb is a large fire burning in a very small place. This mini physics lesson has been provided to you as a public-service announcement, in case you ever find yourself near post-hardcore destroyers the Letters Organize. Since their inception three years ago, the band have taken their passion for angular guitars and off-kilter rhythmic ideas and refined them into a furious, streamlined assault. Forget screamo and hardcore; this is trapped-in-a-burning-building rock. "Atlanta is a weird place," says singer Brent Jay. "It's a big city, and there are lots of scenes. There are a lot of hardcore straight-edge kids that are really snobby when it comes to music. They won't give anything a chance unless it's got breakdowns or it's on Victory Records. But that's cool; we do have a very loyal following that comes to see us play, and everybody has a good time." The band's self-released 2003 debut EP, Everybody Goes Bash....Yeah, was a smeary ball of plasma that owed more to the aesthetics of bands like the Blood Brothers and An Albatross. In contrast, Dead Rhythm Machine is a leaner, meaner album that wields rhythmic propulsion as swiftly as it dishes out vein-slashing riffs. And with 13 songs whose lyrics tackle everything from paralyzing self-doubt to being trapped in a British airport, how could these guys possibly go unnoticed? "People don't like good music anymore," says Jay. "I mean, they do, but there's not enough good music out there that people are paying attention to. I hope that people start to pay attention and seek out new things more. I just know we're not sugar-coating anything." -Jason Pettigrew |
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