Album Reviews
Jacksonville, FL natives Knives was originally meant to be a one-show project. Which seems like an awful lot of work to put in something so short-lived. But the self-proclaimed “boys of summer” quickly realized they had more gas in the tank and kept going. The result? Debut album ‘One Cut Away From Love,’ out now on Punkerton Records.
Pulling influences from all over the place, Knives have concocted a mix of late 90s Fat Wreck bands and pop punk of the early 00’s (‘Darling Please’ is pure Blink-182 worship) along with a whiff of post-hardcore. That last part is mostly due to guitarist Brendan Morrison’s screams, which pop up in nearly every song on the album. Honestly, after having listened to ‘One Cut Away From Love’ a couple of times, I’m still not sure what to make of them. I think they would work better if they were used less frequently, making it more surprising. Other than that, there’s not a lot to fault these guys on. Sure, they aren’t reinventing the wheel here, but it would have been a shame if they had indeed called it a day after just that one show.
One Cut Away From Love tracklist:
- My Only Gold
- Home
- Dance Electric
- Darling Please
- Chemicals
- Kiss You In Hell
- Moments
- KNVS
- Oh This Sin Of Mine
- Ghost
Lacking the talent to actually play in a band, Tom decided he would write about bands instead. Turns out his writing skills are mediocre at best as well.
