LOUDER NOW 9/14/2004 Mike Hampton

Mike Hampton

4 Rattlesnake Shake

pressed on translucent blue & red swirled vinyl

and so on -- especially on such selections as the title track

Ali McMordie (bass guitar)

LOUDER NOW 9/14/2004 Mike HamptonEverybody's favorite emo band is LOUDER NOW. Well, not really, but they're as loud as they ever were, with guitars that triangulate the influences of math rock, 1990s alt rock, and '80s metal, and the kind of heart on sleeve vocals that melt emo teens' hearts. Still, there's divergence from the emo template here; witness the poppy falsetto vocal hook in "MakeDamnSure" or the acoustic introspection of "Divine Intervention," or even the twist and grind