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Last month, 100 Bands You Need To Know artist The Venetia Fair streamed their new album, Every Sick Disgusting Thought We've Got In Our Brain here on AltPress. Today, vocalist Benny Santoro is back to explain himself. Listen to and read the slightly abridged story behind band's latest release, below. “Too Late To Dream” This song […]

Punk veterans Authority Zero will release their new album, The Tipping Point on April 2, but you can listen to it here first. Stream the album below and read along as the band explain the meanings behind the songs in our exclusive track by track.  “No Other Place” “No Other Place” has to do with everything that […]

Foxfires' The Golden Age sees its release today via Escapist Records, and AltPress caught up with frontman Josh Lyford to tell the stories behind each track. You can order The Golden Age now, and be sure to check out Foxfires in our new 100 Bands You Need To Know in 2013 issue! “One Coin” This […]

Vinnie Caruana (of The Movielife and I Am The Avalanche) released his debut solo EP, City By The Sea, earlier this week and took time to write out the following track-by-track explanation of his work. Open up a new tab and stream the album while you read, and order the album at the Run For […]

Swingin' Utters release Poorly Formed via Fat Wreck Chords on via February 19, but before it even comes out “$wingin' Utter$” vocalist Johnny Bonnel and guitarist/vocalist Darius Koski have a song-by-song run-down of the entire album. Stay tuned next week; as, AP will exclusively premiere Poorly Formed on February 15! Pre-order it now via the Fat Wreck […]

Silverstein release their concept album, This Is How The Wind Shifts, today. As you listen to it, you can read the band’s explanation of each track, below. You can order the album now via Silverstein's website. Be sure to check out our 4.5/5 review of the album in AP #296! “Stand Amid The Roar” Musically […]

Funeral For A Friend are set to release their new album, Conduit, on January 28 in the UK and on February 5 in the US. Bassist Richard Boucher gave AP the following run-down of the meaning behind the Welsh band's newest material. “Conduit” This is probably one of the heaviest tracks we've ever written. It’s […]

Yesterday, The Plot In You released their latest album Could You Watch Your Children Burn via Rise Records. Vocalist Landon Tewers tells AP the stories behind the tracks, below. You can purchas the album at Rise Records’ online merch store. “Premeditated” A girl that I was with a few years back was raped while I was […]

Below, Greeley Estates vocalist Ryan Zimmerman presents the stories behind the band's newest release, The Narrow Road, which is available now as the first of a two-part full-length album. “THE NARROW ROAD” I based this song on Matthew 7:14: “For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those […]

Parkway Drive released Atlas via Epitaph Records on October 30. Below, the band gives us a run-down of the meaning behind the songs of their newest release and some stories about their creation. “Sparks” We wanted this to be more than just a little pointless intro. I see this more as a beginning rather than […]

William Beckett’s What Will Be EP drops today, and the former The Academy Is… frontman supplied us with the following guide to each track from his latest solo effort. Get a personal look into the brand new songs below: “Stuck In Love” One of the most aggressive songs on any of my releases, “Stuck In […]

Boston's Save Ends may write songs that deal with getting older, letting go and loss—but they wrap it in such a sweet pop-rock package that you'd never guess it. With their Strength Vs. Will EP out now (order here), AP caught up with the band to get the specifics on each track. Stream it below and read along! […]

Jason Lancaster doesn’t want to call Close The Distance mature, but its an undoubtedly more grown-up affair that has more in common with Counting Crows than his pop-punk roots. Lancaster gave AP a behind-the-scenes look at every track on the new record, which is due out September 18 via Fearless. You can listen along here. […]