Band Origin: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genre: Straight-Edge Hardcore / Metalcore
Label: Unsigned
Running Time: 15 minutes
Release Date: December 15, 2011
Best Part: Jonny OC is back in truly convincing fashion, leading Liferuiner with his charged vocal screams and emotional conviction.
Favorite Tracks: 1990, Kids Wanna Rock, and S.O.S.E
Grade: 4.5
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Sons of Straight Edge in way more than 20 words or less:
Jonny OC is back and so is the Liferuiner that everyone once knew and loved, and this taste of what's to come gives well enough reason to love them even more than you did years ago.
The Band:
Liferuiner is four piece Canadian hardcore band from Toronto that was formed in 2004. The bands history is a complicated one with two incarnations of the group floating around in between its creation and today. The original group, led by Jonathan 'Jonny OC' O'Callaghan would record two albums under different record labels and begin rigorous touring. During touring, Jonny was forced to leave and was not able to return, being replaced by a number of fill-in vocalists, the record label and tour manager would eventually take over the direction of the band. The remaining original Canadian members would eventually be removed and replaced with a new American lineup playing under their original name xLIFERUINERx, despite the fact this new lineup had nothing to do with the original group. In 2011, Jonny along with three new band mates announced their return and recorded the first true Liferuiner recording in three years, a five track EP, and announced that the recording of their next full-length album would begin in March 2012.
Liferuiner's other releases include: No Saints (2007), and Taking Back The Night Life (2008)
Jay's Take on Sons of Straight Edge:
To be honest if you would have told me that Liferuiner, fronted by Jonathan O'Callaghan would be making a comeback a few months ago, I probably would have looked you in the eye and laughed. And then I saw the video for 1990, what would be the closing track on Liferuiner's newest EP, and would have been prepared to be in turn mocked for believing otherwise. The Sons of Straight Edge EP is meant to be a preview of things to come from Liferuiner as Jonny and crew have returned and begin the recording process of the true follow up to 2008's Taking Back the Night Life. The excitement behind this prospect is the fact that while the Liferuiner of old weren't necessary a groundbreaking group in the hardcore scene, they had their own 'panache' and built an image as a group that tried to take a shine on more mainstream straight-edge groups of the time. The Liferuiner present on Sons of Straight Edge is both a more matured group, but a more matured sound that features some great song structure and rhythm, along with that same up front attitude, and chuggariffic display of power that they were known for originally. It also has a hardcore rendition of the Beatles' track Revolution which is always awesome. Sons of Straight Edge may only be 15 minutes in length, but it more than makes up for it in the anticipation of forthcoming material, and the musical and emotional charge of the tracks that the group performs, and Jonny pushes forward through his strong and deliberate screams. And the message at the beginning of the video below is a testament to the maturation of both Jonny and the group as a whole.
Liferuiner is four piece Canadian hardcore band from Toronto that was formed in 2004. The bands history is a complicated one with two incarnations of the group floating around in between its creation and today. The original group, led by Jonathan 'Jonny OC' O'Callaghan would record two albums under different record labels and begin rigorous touring. During touring, Jonny was forced to leave and was not able to return, being replaced by a number of fill-in vocalists, the record label and tour manager would eventually take over the direction of the band. The remaining original Canadian members would eventually be removed and replaced with a new American lineup playing under their original name xLIFERUINERx, despite the fact this new lineup had nothing to do with the original group. In 2011, Jonny along with three new band mates announced their return and recorded the first true Liferuiner recording in three years, a five track EP, and announced that the recording of their next full-length album would begin in March 2012.
Liferuiner's other releases include: No Saints (2007), and Taking Back The Night Life (2008)
Jay's Take on Sons of Straight Edge:
To be honest if you would have told me that Liferuiner, fronted by Jonathan O'Callaghan would be making a comeback a few months ago, I probably would have looked you in the eye and laughed. And then I saw the video for 1990, what would be the closing track on Liferuiner's newest EP, and would have been prepared to be in turn mocked for believing otherwise. The Sons of Straight Edge EP is meant to be a preview of things to come from Liferuiner as Jonny and crew have returned and begin the recording process of the true follow up to 2008's Taking Back the Night Life. The excitement behind this prospect is the fact that while the Liferuiner of old weren't necessary a groundbreaking group in the hardcore scene, they had their own 'panache' and built an image as a group that tried to take a shine on more mainstream straight-edge groups of the time. The Liferuiner present on Sons of Straight Edge is both a more matured group, but a more matured sound that features some great song structure and rhythm, along with that same up front attitude, and chuggariffic display of power that they were known for originally. It also has a hardcore rendition of the Beatles' track Revolution which is always awesome. Sons of Straight Edge may only be 15 minutes in length, but it more than makes up for it in the anticipation of forthcoming material, and the musical and emotional charge of the tracks that the group performs, and Jonny pushes forward through his strong and deliberate screams. And the message at the beginning of the video below is a testament to the maturation of both Jonny and the group as a whole.
Sample of the Day:
- J
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