Neon Handshake

Neon Handshake Artist: Hell Is for Heroes
Label: EMI Int'l
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 724354092329
EAN: 0724354092329
ASIN: B00006J3L1


Release Date: 2003-02-06

Neon Handshake


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Tracks:

  1. Five Kids Go
  2. Out Of Sight
  3. Night Vision
  4. Cut Down
  5. Few Against Many
  6. Three Of Clubs
  7. I Can Climb Mountains
  8. Disconnector
  9. You Drove Me To It
  10. Slow Song
  11. Sick Happy
  12. Retreat

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Album Description

With the release of 'The Neon Handshake', perceived wisdom has it that Hell Is For Heroes - Justin Schlosberg (vocals), Will McGonagle (guitar), Joe Birch (drums), Tom O'Donohue (guitar), James 'Fin' Findlay (bass) - are at last on the verge of something big. Recorded in LA's Sound City Studios - home of 'Nevermind & Rage Against The Machine - by Hives/Refused producers Pelle Henricsson & Eskil Lovstrom, it's a phenomenal account of a band riding the thin line between post-hardcore angst & melodic rock dynamics. Marked by simple rhythms & melodies that casually diversify from song to song, HIFH combine elements of grunge & emo with a precocious flair for songwriting, resulting in an album that's both fresh & fully formed. Features 12 tracks including the singles 'Sick/Happy', 'I Can Climb Mountains', 'You Drove Me To It' & 'Night Vision'. EMI. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars poor effort.......2005-03-16

not their best

check out a band called The Chariot instead

3 out of 5 stars Nu Metal and beyond.......2004-10-23

The most exiting debut album I have heard since Definitely Maybe. The first 6 tracks are in the nu-metal vein with pounding rhythms and walls of guitars coming at you like a great tidal wave, sweeping all emotions in front of it. Yet, the use of melody and softer passages lifts this way above your average heavy metal. Later tracks have the angsty feel of indie with vocals that snare you and pull you in. It plays well alongside The Foo Fighters, Red hot Chili Peppers, and Radiohead, which gives you some idea of the maturity and complexity of the work.

5 out of 5 stars Hell is for Heroes.....Straight up rock.......2003-04-19

My sister lived in London for 3 years and I was there frequently. I happened to see Hell is for Heroes at a show about 2 years ago, playing the stuff they are just releasing now...They rocked, I was hooked ever since I heard them and have been waiting forever for the finished CD!! Straight up rock with the some british attitude, these guys kick it to ya....If you ever get to see them live, they put on one of the most energetic shows I have ever seen....

3 out of 5 stars glasswerk review.......2003-04-09

West London boys 'Hell is for Heroes' arrive with the much-anticipated album to follow up recent forays into the single market and their extensive tour of the UK. On the whole it's heavy, very heavy, but with a dash of melody here, a smidgen of harmony there it all mashes together to become quite a rockin' and enjoyable LP. Most of the songs are the riff laden rock bastards that you would expect from a debut album, although a few do delve into more sophisticated waters with complex studio effects and arrangements.

The album kicks off with 'Five Kids Go', driven along by swirling distorted guitars and introducing Justin Schlosberg's throaty vocals. Breaking up the song are a few clean reverb induced breakdowns repeated also in the next track 'Out of Sight'. The formula stays pretty much the same leading nicely into last autumns #38 single 'Night Vision'. Self admittedly this effort is just about HifH's most melody driven song and even drifts towards US pop punk before Will's guitar roughs things back up in the good old British way.

'Cut Down' and 'Three of Clubs' are all similar in style, described by HifH's themselves as 'muscular riff-heavy rock tunes'. Muscular they certainly are pounding chord after chord through overloaded pickups and amps with a bit of solo work here and there. All of the choruses provide real foot stomping hands in the air moments thanks to the atmospheric guitar work and Schlosberg's seemingly effortless ability to churn out screaming vocals without wavering in any noticeable way. 'Few Against Many' does though seem to be a little more complex in its structure than the other two and on the whole more polished as a recording rather than just being a live stormer put straight onto CD. The twisted bridge segments and anthemic chorus make this one of the better songs on the LP.

'I Can Climb Mountains' continues the assault on the ear moving from muted guitar bliss to churning guitar choruses very much instilling itself in the subconscious, and rightly so, another anthem to get the masses moving. 'Disconnector' comes across slightly weaker than most of the songs on the LP, sticking mainly to the trusted formula but lacking any dynamism on a recorded format. Last single 'You Drove Me To It' is an obvious riff induced stormer and nicely rounds up the anthems of the album before the last three songs close in a slightly different direction.

'Slow Song' pretty much describes itself with just guitar and mellow vox, drums on the three-minute mark, and a baffling mess of distortion eventually kicking in to ruin a good "slow" and mellow number. Schlosberg's pleading vocals almost rescue the song but it seems that perhaps this is one track that could have done without the trademark metal powered overdriven sound. 'Sick Happy' and 'Retreat' both finish off the album nicely with the former being a "sign that Hell is for Heroes' music will keep changing, developing". There does in general seem to be signs of development within the album itself, some songs being written purely with live energy in mind while others have clearly been tweaked in the studio.

Seph

5 out of 5 stars They can certainly climb mountains.......2003-04-08

When I heared that my favorite band Trail of Dead appeared in their video I was interested in hearing some of Hell is for Heroes. I did not regret that day, for it certainly is a great CD they made.

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  2. Furthur Most ~ Various Artists
  3. Individuellos ~ La Dusseldorf
  4. Bursting Out: Jethro Tull Live ~ Jethro Tull
  5. Stand By ~ Heldon
  6. Grand Slam: The Best of Babe Ruth ~ Babe Ruth
  7. Good Evening ~ Marshall Crenshaw
  8. Pause for a Hoarse Horse ~ Home
  9. Salesman's Girl ~ Laura Minor
  10. Everything Was Beautiful ~ Jerry Joseph

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Miles Davis in Europe ~ Miles Davis

Milton Banana Trio

Swiss Movement ~ Les McCann, Eddie Harris

Extreme Aggression ~ Kreator

I'm Right Here ~ Kathy Zavada

Michishirube ~ Kan

Frenchin' the Boogie ~ Clifton Chenier

Vince Taylor ~ Vince Taylor

Solos de Violao ~ Geraldo Vianna