The Bronx
The Bronx (IV)
I
bought The Bronx’s self-titled debut
back in 2004, and while I liked it, it wasn’t enough to make me buy their second
record; and I’ve entirely ignored them since.
That was until I heard a track from their fourth record (named with a
similar lack of effort to the second Unknown
Mortal Orchestra album). I not sure
what happened between albums 1 and 4, but this is a big change. The debut was a proper hardcore album with little
in the way of melody or concession to palatability. The
Bronx (IV) is a mainstream rock record.
And all the better for it. There
are still some heavy elements, but this is a long way from the band’s
metal/hardcore roots. There’s
significantly more in common here with Against
Me! than with Biohazard. The choruses are what make it, with virtually
every track inviting a sing-along.
Unpretentiously great straight rock.
The brilliant ‘Pilot Light’ starts with the line, ‘I’m Coming Up for
Air’ – The Bronx certainly have.Sample track: ‘Youth Wasted’