January 16, 2012
Thursday,
a band who has managed to evolve through 13 years of song writing and touring
has officially broken up. Their most recent show in Orlando (House of Blues
last summer), was one I had the pleasure of seeing, where they shifted effortlessly between old and new material while opening for Taking Back Sunday I was so sad to see the show end (due to them being openers for TBS), and
assured myself that I could catch them on the next tour. Sadly, they will not
be coming to Orlando or anywhere for a while.
At the turn of the century, this band initially was signed to Victory Records after several shows and live performances that gave them a wide appeal in the North East. Public feuds had arisen over Victory cashing in on the band's logo and likeness, which forced the band to move around to various labels such as Island and Epitaph. One of their most visceral releases was Full Collapse, relased in 2001. Recently, before the relase of their newest album No Devolucion, the band did a tour specifically dedicated to Full Collapse, and played each song from the album from start to finish as a 10 year aniversary remembrance. Shortly after, the band toured to support No Devolucion (released on Epitaph), an album that is exquisite and beautiful in its musical arrangements as well as its lyrics.
Written By Dennis Scelza
Albums:
Waiting (1999)
Full Collapse (2001)
War all the Time (2003)
A city by the light divided (2006)
Common Existence (2009)
No Devolucion (2011)
To read the band's full statement,
visit the band's news page.
Magnets Caught in a Metal Heart
Written by Geoff Wrickly
She spins magnetic rings around the dark, violet heart of god.
She's a magnetic field, shower of sparks when she comes on
There's a silent charge in a coil of wire when the currents pass right through it.
We're coupled lines in lighting strikes
We jump like birds on a vine - we're magnets caught in a metal heart
Where the blood is pumping through it - when the needle spins, it sings
"Feels like we're in love"
He spins magnetic rings that fall apart - When he's removed from her
He's a magnetic field under the silver of clouds where the lining of skies looks like
dirt on the ground. His only true north is down.
Standing on the Edge of Summer
written by Geoff Wrickly
In this room , 'm sitting by your side - cause it rains for hours and the phone is off its hook
Standing on the edge, casting lots to set me up before you knock me down
off the summer's edge and drown me.
We're betting on our own lives, making up for all the time we lost
In this house of cards, we're all holding hearts and spades
One breath, one step could knock it all down
But you lead with your eye and you give it away-Decide, design to cut from the clouds
When you leave you leave nothing but broken hearts, you let it go and then you fold
So we stay o the open road...we drive for houors and still no end in sight at all
Driving your car, miss the stop sign, fall in love. Just to get knocked out.
Pulled your punches and burn with your cigarettes, puled like a punch and burnt like a cigarette ? Forever.
Magnets Caught in a Metal Heart
Written by Geoff Wrickly
She spins magnetic rings around the dark, violet heart of god.
She's a magnetic field, shower of sparks when she comes on
There's a silent charge in a coil of wire when the currents pass right through it.
We're coupled lines in lighting strikes
We jump like birds on a vine - we're magnets caught in a metal heart
Where the blood is pumping through it - when the needle spins, it sings
"Feels like we're in love"
He spins magnetic rings that fall apart - When he's removed from her
He's a magnetic field under the silver of clouds where the lining of skies looks like
dirt on the ground. His only true north is down.
War all the Time
written by Geoff Wrickly
Standing on the edge of the Palisades' Cliffs
In the shadown of the skyline, very far away
Like a lighting rod that couldn't pull the storm from me
I was 5 years old - My best Friend's older brother died
He fell from these cliffs - the river washed him away the current
pulled him downstream, and our lives float in the headlines,
so we park these cars - parent's garage
Listen to the Lullaby of Carbon Monoxide
War all of the time
In the shadow of the NY Skyline
We grew up too fast, falling apart
Like the ashes of American Flags
If the sun doesn't rise, We'll replace it with an H-Bomb explosion
A painted jail cell of light in the sky
Like 3MileIsland nightmares on TVs that sing us to sleep
burn on and on like an oil filed
or a memory of what it felt like
To burn on and on and not just fade away
All those nights in the basement, the kids are still screaming.
ON AND ON AND ON AND ON Oh
War all of the time
In the shadow of the NY Skyline
We grew up to fast, falling apart
Like the ashes of American Flags
...and we're blowing in the wind
We don't know where to land so we
kiss like little kids
We used to be very tall buildings, we've been falling for so long,
Now your eyes are a sign on the edge of town
They offer a welcome when you are leaving
War all of the time
In the shadow of the NY Skyline
We grew up too fast, falling apart
Like the ashes of American Flags
The pieces fall it's like a last day parade
and the fires in our streets start to rage
So wave to those people who long to wave back
from the fabric of a flag that sang "Love all of the time"
written by Geoff Wrickly
Standing on the edge of the Palisades' Cliffs
In the shadown of the skyline, very far away
Like a lighting rod that couldn't pull the storm from me
I was 5 years old - My best Friend's older brother died
He fell from these cliffs - the river washed him away the current
pulled him downstream, and our lives float in the headlines,
so we park these cars - parent's garage
Listen to the Lullaby of Carbon Monoxide
War all of the time
In the shadow of the NY Skyline
We grew up too fast, falling apart
Like the ashes of American Flags
If the sun doesn't rise, We'll replace it with an H-Bomb explosion
A painted jail cell of light in the sky
Like 3MileIsland nightmares on TVs that sing us to sleep
burn on and on like an oil filed
or a memory of what it felt like
To burn on and on and not just fade away
All those nights in the basement, the kids are still screaming.
ON AND ON AND ON AND ON Oh
War all of the time
In the shadow of the NY Skyline
We grew up to fast, falling apart
Like the ashes of American Flags
...and we're blowing in the wind
We don't know where to land so we
kiss like little kids
We used to be very tall buildings, we've been falling for so long,
Now your eyes are a sign on the edge of town
They offer a welcome when you are leaving
War all of the time
In the shadow of the NY Skyline
We grew up too fast, falling apart
Like the ashes of American Flags
The pieces fall it's like a last day parade
and the fires in our streets start to rage
So wave to those people who long to wave back
from the fabric of a flag that sang "Love all of the time"
Standing on the Edge of Summer
written by Geoff Wrickly
In this room , 'm sitting by your side - cause it rains for hours and the phone is off its hook
Standing on the edge, casting lots to set me up before you knock me down
off the summer's edge and drown me.
We're betting on our own lives, making up for all the time we lost
In this house of cards, we're all holding hearts and spades
One breath, one step could knock it all down
But you lead with your eye and you give it away-Decide, design to cut from the clouds
When you leave you leave nothing but broken hearts, you let it go and then you fold
So we stay o the open road...we drive for houors and still no end in sight at all
Driving your car, miss the stop sign, fall in love. Just to get knocked out.
Pulled your punches and burn with your cigarettes, puled like a punch and burnt like a cigarette ? Forever.
