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Never Back Down
Close To Home – Never Back Down
5.5
 on
Monday, August 1, 2011 - 00:00
submitted by
Thomas

Ohio isn’t exactly close to home for me but it is for this outfit. On “Never Back Down” Close To Home combine pop-punk and hardcore in a way that has already been done countless times before. Which on its own isn’t a bad thing at all.. let’s face it… punkrock and hardcore all kinda sounds alike. But it is a bit of a shame when other bands in the same genre as you have not only done it before you, but better at it as well.

A Day To Remember is what Close To Home sound like most of all… maybe the involvement of former ADTR guitarist Tom Denney had something to do with that… and well, A Day To Remember already wasn’t that great to begin with if you ask me. Think clean-sung choruses, brutal vocals during the verses with plenty of breakdowns in between. Good effort but I’ll take Set Your Goals over these guys every time.

Tom Dumarey
Tom Dumarey

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.