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Genre:
Rock
Release Date: 06/03/1997
Hailing from Louisville, KY, via Charlestown, IN,
Days of the New is a teenage
alt-rock quartet that slams out heavy,
post-grunge rock with the force of a group twice its age. Frontman
Travis Meeks was only 17 at the time the group recorded its eponymous debut, but his songs aren't light, naïve things -- they are laden with heavy meanings and throttling chords. Occasionally,
Meeks reaches too hard -- every so often, his vocals and lyrics strain to hit their mark -- but he shows promise, and he's backed with a band that can hammer away such slight flaws.
Days of the New isn't a perfect album, but its best moments prove that teenagers can rock as hard, and with as much purpose, as adults.
~Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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