Florida-based Victims Of Circumstance are all about doing it yourself. They started their own label, are taking care of all the promotion and marketing and even named their album after it.
They play this kind of grown up version of poppunk with a twist of ska mixed in. They do the punk thing pretty good but when it comes to the ska parts, they could use a little more work. Like “Brandon’s Challenge” which is a pretty cool song up to the chorus. Oi punk is attempted as well in “Rocks And Human Bombs” but I’m sorry to say it’s a sound that completely doesn’t suit them and the song is kinda misplaced in between the other more mellow tracks.
I would advise them to stick with their poppier sound that has enough of that Mighty Mighty Bosstones grit to make it stand out. “Do It Yourself” is worth checking out even if it’s just for the pic of the extremely hot blonde on the cover (can someone get me her email address?) or if you’re into the Bosstones’ sound, but with a little more time under their belt, I think we’ll hear a lot more from the Victims Of Circumstance in the future.
Score: 6 out of 10
http://www.financialrecords.com
http://www.thevoc.com
They play this kind of grown up version of poppunk with a twist of ska mixed in. They do the punk thing pretty good but when it comes to the ska parts, they could use a little more work. Like “Brandon’s Challenge” which is a pretty cool song up to the chorus. Oi punk is attempted as well in “Rocks And Human Bombs” but I’m sorry to say it’s a sound that completely doesn’t suit them and the song is kinda misplaced in between the other more mellow tracks.
I would advise them to stick with their poppier sound that has enough of that Mighty Mighty Bosstones grit to make it stand out. “Do It Yourself” is worth checking out even if it’s just for the pic of the extremely hot blonde on the cover (can someone get me her email address?) or if you’re into the Bosstones’ sound, but with a little more time under their belt, I think we’ll hear a lot more from the Victims Of Circumstance in the future.
Score: 6 out of 10
http://www.financialrecords.com
http://www.thevoc.com
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