After The Fall
Fort Orange (Raise Your Fist Records / Ass-Card Records)
Release Date: July 07, 2009
1. Fort Orange
2. Thomas Philbrick
3. Decapitate (mp3)
4. Armpit
5. Routine
6. Macho Bullshit
7. Poor Excuse
8. It’s Her Choice
9. Bummer
10. Escape
11. Not Today
12. Patroon Island
13. 1994 (mp3)
Before designer jeans and straightened hair dominated the hardcore and punk scenes, it was all about the music. Hot-blooded, remorseless guitar riffs, bands screaming their hearts and minds, friendship and community were the name of the game. Though things have changed, Albany’s After The Fall take us back to those times with thirteen blazing, hard-hitting tracks on their new full-length, Fort Orange.
With a sound akin to that of Kid Dynamite, Strike Anywhere or Propagandhi, After The Fall are bringing melodic old-school hardcore back in a big way. Each song on Fort Orange proves visceral and bombastic in its own right, with a relentless onslaught of quick guitars and drums, and passionate vocals that leave the listener pumping their fists in the air, begging for more.
Fort Orange will bring you back to your first punk show and your first stage dive, your first DIY seven-inch record and your first circle pit. With an explosive record full of incendiary songs laden with a youthful aggression, sociopolitical commentary and the hope for a better tomorrow, you better throw those girl pants out the window: this is bound to get rowdy.
- Liz Van Pay
Fort Orange was recorded by Sean Paul Pillsworth at Learning Tree Studios in Saugerties, NY. The record was mastered by Jason Livermore (Good Riddance, Less Than Jake, Rise Against, All, MXPX) at the Blasting Room in Fort Collins, CO. Raise Your Fist Records will be releasing the CD version of the album while German label Ass-Card is handling the 12-inch LP. For more information, go to www.myspace.com/afterthefall518 or www.raiseyourfistrecords.com or www.asscardrecords.com
Press Contact: Chuck Daley / Beartrap PR / chuck@beartrappr.com / (704) 649-7128
