Review: Anthony Green - Young Legs

Anthony Green has come out with his newest solo album, Young Legs. The Circa Survive frontman’s newest solo album reaches into an indie rock aura, with vibrant hooks and powerful lyrics.

Young legs has a very ethereal and calming vibe, as well as many songs having a very emotionally powerful kick to them. My personal favorite from the album being, “When You Sang to Me”. The album starts with “Breaker”, which feels like an intense and emotional journey, and definitely one of the most stand-out and mentionable tracks on the album. The short song, “Too Little, Too Late” is a quick, but good listen, standing at a whopping 1:44. There is an even shorter song, “Stolen”, totaling 1:13.
 
 All of the songs are well-written, and felt like a lot of time and care was put into each track. The songs are heavily reliant on acoustic and electric guitars, piano, drums, and Green’s light vocals. Many anomalous effects are used in the songs, helping them feel full of life and adding that extra “oomph” that so many artists cannot seem to capture. This gives most of the songs a feeling of positivity.

Although these positive songs are very good, there aren’t any songs that are contrasting enough to break up the album, therefore making the whole thing feel a bit repetitive. Most of the songs have similar drum beats and song structures, making the whole album feel as if it were one large song. Although I do enjoy the tracks on this album, I wish there were a few songs a bit different to add some variety.

Overall, Young Legs is a very clean and well-written album. Green has certainly succeeded in showing his writing capabilities, but fell a bit short in variety. I would highly recommend listening to it, as it is streaming free on his website, http://anthonygreenschildren.com/.

7/10

Chris Grieco   

The Dear Hunter Announce UK Tour

The Dear Hunter, fresh off of a full US headline tour, have announced their next venture – the band’s first ever UK/European run.

The 17-date, co-headline tour with Equal Vision Records alumni artist Anthony Green (of Circa Survive), will kick off in Bristol, UK on 24 February and wrap up in Vienna, Austria on 16 March.

THE DEAR HUNTER + ANTHONY GREEN
European Tour 2014
24 Feb Bristol, UK @ Thekla
25 Feb Cardiff, UK @ Clwb Ifor Bach
26 Feb Southampton, UK @ Joiners
28 Feb Birmingham, UK @ Academy 2
01 Mar Manchester, UK @ Academy 3
02 Mar Glasgow, UK @ King Tuts
03 Mar Newcastle, UK @ University
05 Mar Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms
06 Mar London, UK @ Garage
07 Mar Paris, France @ Fleche d’or
08 Mar Eindhoven, Holland @ Dynamo
10 Mar Hamburg, Germany @ Molotow
11 Mar Berlin, Germany @ Magnet
12 Mar Cologne, Germany @ Gebaude 9
14 Mar Zurich, Switzerland @ Dynamo
15 Mar Calenzano, Italy @ Cycle Club
16 Mar Vienna, Austria @ B72

Anthony Green Announces Tour, Preorders for Young Legs

Anthony Green has announced pre-orders for his upcoming album, Young Legs, which hits stores on November 12th. As well as announcing a tour with Dave Davison of Maps & Atlases, Brick + Mortar, & Psychic Babble. Tickets go on sale FRIDAY- Find out all pre-order and tour info at http://www.anthonygreenmusic.com/

Balance And Composure Premieres New Song

Pennsylvania indie-alt rock band Balance and Composure has premiered a new song called “Keepsake” (featuring guest vocals from Anthony Green) from their upcoming album, The Things We Think We’re Missing, today at MTV’s The Hive.  The new track comes with less than a week to go until the record’s release date, September 10th.  Fans can pre-order the record now at iTunes and at nslp.co/bacpreorder.

Anthony Green Announces Secret Show

Anthony Green will be playing a secret show in Albuquerque, NM tonight. Details are below

Saosin's Translating the Name Turns 10 Today

Saosin’s debut release, Translating the Name turns 10 today along with Brand New’s Deja Entendu. A stream of the album can be found below