Wednesday, 6 August 2008

Reuben

I first heard about Reuben around the time their second album, Very Fast Very Dangerous, was being promoted. After reading a small bit about them in Kerrang! magazine (the only good thing it has ever done), I found their myspace page and instantly fell in love. It's hard to determine which genre Reuben fall into, because they take influences from grunge and straight up balls out rock, to metal and post-hardcore. However I think you should just do what Simon Neil says and "don't pigeon hole, just listen". The boys from Camberly wrote and recorded a few EP's as well as three albums (2004's Racecar Is Racecar Backwards, 2005's Very Fast Very Dangerous and 2007's In Nothing We Trust) before sadly putting themselves on an indefinite hiatus in June 2008. These were my favourite band ever, being everything from sad and moving, to heavey and melodic. If you've never heard of these guys before, please go out and buy everything you can get your hands. I promise you that you won't regret it.

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