Fireworks – Adventure, Nostalgia and Robbery 7” (yellow/green split)

This 7” contains a song that would later be found on the album All I Have To Offer Is My Own Confusion, 2 other brand new songs, and a Kid Dynamite cover (Heart-a-tact).

This 7” was my first introduction to Fireworks and was an impulse purchase at my local record store.

The songs are great and the artwork is pretty sweet.

This 7” serves as a good bridge between their We Are Everywhere EP and AIHTOIMOC.

FFO: New Found Glory, The Wonder Years and Saves The Day. 

Fireworks – All I Have To Offer Is My Own Confusion

This record has to be in my top 5 pop punk records list. This album was produced by Chad Gilbert and packs more of a punch than their ‘We Are Everywhere EP’. This isn’t ground breaking stuff but it’s catchy, positive, fun and honest. These are great pop punk songs and I can’t pick a fault with them for the life of me.

The artwork is a whole lot better than that on ‘We Are Everywhere’ and I particularly like the one line meanings behind the songs found behind the CD tray.

If you’ve never herd this band before check them out. You won’t regret it. 

Fireworks – We Are Everywhere EP

This is a really solid EP from one of my favourite pop punk bands. This is catchy, melodic and positive pop punk done right. The intricate guitar parts and the drumming is what make this band that much more special and stand out from the inundation of pop punk bands at the moment. If you like pop punk this is a must.

The only complaint I have with this EP is the artwork. Its way to bubblegum for me.

Fires of Waco – In The Wake Of…

This band is formed by members of The Gifthorse (one of my favourite Australian bands), Just Say Go and Values Here. This has been stuck in my stereo for a good week. This is their debut release with 6 original songs (not including the intro and outro) and a Rites of Spring cover (For Want Of). This is pretty solid, except for the sung vocals, but I’ll talk about that in a second. The recording is pretty good on this. The artwork is done by guitarist Stevie Scott and I quite liked it. The vocals are great, until you hit songs Low Lit Light and 18 Years. On these songs Ryan (I’m going off info from my sister here so don’t come after me if I’m wrong) attempts to sing. He needs to practice this. Don’t get me wrong he’s not horrible; he just needs some more practice.

If you like Polar Bear Club or The Gifthorse there’s a good chance you’ll like this CD. It’s out through Arrest Records.

The Fire Still Burns – The Fire Still Burns 7” (red /200)

The Fire Still Burns features members of Lifetime and Ensign, playing really catchy and melodic punk rock with a touch of hardcore for good measure. This 2 song 7” is great! I think that they are broken up now but track down a copy of this if you can. Check them out here.

The Ergs/The Measure [SA] – Split 7” sides A + B (mix grey)

I’ve finally gotten around to getting the first half of the 2 split 7”s between these two bands after listening the shit outta sides C + D.
This 7” sees the bands covering each others songs (the original versions of these songs appear on sides C + D). Although, it was interesting to hear each band’s different take on each others songs I preferred the originals better. In both cases I though the originals were that little bit better.
Each band also offer an original song as well, which I thought were great. If you don’t know these bands the best comparison for The Ergs, in my opinion, would be early Get Up Kids, and for The Measure [SA] would be Fifth Hour Hero (then again that might just be the male/female thing, I dunno).
Anyway, these bands play great pop punk. Listen to them and get these 7”s.

Fire First – Tell Me I’m Right

Fire First play pop punk with a hint of influence taken from Fat Wreck bands (well I think so at least). Instrumentally I liked this, but the vocals annoyed me at times. They were just too nasally. They kinda reminded me of a grumpy Tom DeLonge.

The band is offering this for free download. You can find that here.