Sounds Like Liberty

In today's episode Nicky P & Lizzie examine Peace Train by Cat Stevens.  Is this our first divided vote on SLL? http://bit.ly/2SrCBeY This week in I Heard This Happened: We have all the feels today with some melodic hardcore and something a little harder to define. Nicky picked self-titled debut Astronoid by Astronoid. I’m calling this rock because I’m honestly not sure what genre it is. It reminds me of pop-punk but is far too atmospheric to wear the label well. Somewhere between Four Year Strong, 30 Seconds To Mars and The Used smothered in Mew. I often say the best advice in music is more reverb and they heeded my advice unknowingly and I’m yet again proven absolutely correct.The album finds a nice pocket where it’s got an assaulting drum beat underneath a soupy wash of vocals and synths with occasional bits of guitar riff peaking out and I find it damn fabulous. https://blood-music.bandcamp.com/album/astronoid Lizzie’s pick is Hindsight by Hometown Losers. She doesn’t know genres, just feelings. This