So it seems whenever I go to local venues to catch shows, I always wind up coming home with a pocket-full of demo CDs and EPs. Sometimes I get pleasantly surprised with quality music like Rogue6 and J-CLX, other times I wind up with a free new coaster.
As I stared at the pile of EPs I’ve received from Toronto and Durham Region indie and baby bands, I was in the mood for something light-hearted, poppy and fun to listen to. Catching my eye was a bright duel-blue cover with spattered paint blazing the words 48 Caliber.
I picked the vibrant cover and flipped it around to see what I was getting myself in to. Staring back at me was four young men with a solid look that gives the listener clear confirmation that they are in for a power pop experience (or as I like to call it, “safe punk”).
Just what I was looking for.
I tossed the CD in my player and was greeted right away with a warm vocal harmonies that bounced immediately into a high energy pop rock sound. It’s a catchy melody supported by a fun progression and a bouncy beat that gets your foot tapping immediately.
The EP continues with a power pop rock ballade titled Let it Go that fills everything you’d want from this kind of song. Fun instrumentals, pretty harmonies and it just has this feel that if you sang this song to your high school crush then she probably would have thought harder about it before turning you down for the big dance.
Come the middle of the EP, the boys kick it up into a tune reminiscent of Sum 41 meets The All American Rejects. The pace is consistent and fun and you will find yourself subconsciously bobbing your head to it; it feels odd calling this song one of the the heavier song of the EP as it still has a very friendly pop feel to it, but the raw emotion fueling the song gives it some balls.
Next up is a poppy ska ballade titled Morning Comes. Again it’s another fun and enjoyable song with a solid pace and a great progression.
The album closes with with a bang with the track titled The Relapse. It holds the modern punk motif a la Not By Choice very nicely.
This EP is solid as it gives the listener what they expect; what you see is what you get with 48 Caliber. It’s rocky without being obnoxious and it’s poppy without being fluff. 48 Caliber brings a great vibe to the table and it’d be hard not to bop along to these tracks.
Check them out, give them some love, and maybe they’ll remember you when they’re bigshots headlining Warped Tour. Probably not though.
So it seems whenever I go to local venues to catch shows, I always wind up coming home with a pocket-full of demo CDs and EPs. Sometimes I get pleasantly surprised with quality music like Rogue6 and J-CLX, other times I wind up with a free new coaster.
As I stared at the pile of EPs I’ve received from Toronto and Durham Region indie and baby bands, I was in the mood for something light-hearted, poppy and fun to listen to. Catching my eye was a bright duel-blue cover with spattered paint blazing the words 48 Caliber.
I picked the vibrant cover and flipped it around to see what I was getting myself in to. Staring back at me was four young men with a solid look that gives the listener clear confirmation that they are in for a power pop experience (or as I like to call it, “safe punk”).
Just what I was looking for.
I tossed the CD in my player and was greeted right away with a warm vocal harmonies that bounced immediately into a high energy pop rock sound. It’s a catchy melody supported by a fun progression and a bouncy beat that gets your foot tapping immediately.
The EP continues with a power pop rock ballade titled Let it Go that fills everything you’d want from this kind of song. Fun instrumentals, pretty harmonies and it just has this feel that if you sang this song to your high school crush then she probably would have thought harder about it before turning you down for the big dance.
Come the middle of the EP, the boys kick it up into a tune reminiscent of Sum 41 meets The All American Rejects. The pace is consistent and fun and you will find yourself subconsciously bobbing your head to it; it feels odd calling this song one of the the heavier song of the EP as it still has a very friendly pop feel to it, but the raw emotion fueling the song gives it some balls.
Next up is a poppy ska ballade titled Morning Comes. Again it’s another fun and enjoyable song with a solid pace and a great progression.
The album closes with with a bang with the track titled The Relapse. It holds the modern punk motif a la Not By Choice very nicely.
This EP is solid as it gives the listener what they expect; what you see is what you get with 48 Caliber. It’s rocky without being obnoxious and it’s poppy without being fluff. 48 Caliber brings a great vibe to the table and it’d be hard not to bop along to these tracks.
Check them out, give them some love, and maybe they’ll remember you when they’re bigshots headlining Warped Tour. Probably not though.
So it seems whenever I go to local venues to catch shows, I always wind up coming home with a pocket-full of demo CDs and EPs. Sometimes I get pleasantly surprised with quality music like Rogue6 and J-CLX, other times I wind up with a free new coaster.
As I stared at the pile of EPs I’ve received from Toronto and Durham Region indie and baby bands, I was in the mood for something light-hearted, poppy and fun to listen to. Catching my eye was a bright duel-blue cover with spattered paint blazing the words 48 Caliber.
I picked the vibrant cover and flipped it around to see what I was getting myself in to. Staring back at me was four young men with a solid look that gives the listener clear confirmation that they are in for a power pop experience (or as I like to call it, “safe punk”).
Just what I was looking for.
I tossed the CD in my player and was greeted right away with a warm vocal harmonies that bounced immediately into a high energy pop rock sound. It’s a catchy melody supported by a fun progression and a bouncy beat that gets your foot tapping immediately.
The EP continues with a power pop rock ballade titled Let it Go that fills everything you’d want from this kind of song. Fun instrumentals, pretty harmonies and it just has this feel that if you sang this song to your high school crush then she probably would have thought harder about it before turning you down for the big dance.
Come the middle of the EP, the boys kick it up into a tune reminiscent of Sum 41 meets The All American Rejects. The pace is consistent and fun and you will find yourself subconsciously bobbing your head to it; it feels odd calling this song one of the the heavier song of the EP as it still has a very friendly pop feel to it, but the raw emotion fueling the song gives it some balls.
Next up is a poppy ska ballade titled Morning Comes. Again it’s another fun and enjoyable song with a solid pace and a great progression.
The album closes with with a bang with the track titled The Relapse. It holds the modern punk motif a la Not By Choice very nicely.
This EP is solid as it gives the listener what they expect; what you see is what you get with 48 Caliber. It’s rocky without being obnoxious and it’s poppy without being fluff. 48 Caliber brings a great vibe to the table and it’d be hard not to bop along to these tracks.
Check them out, give them some love, and maybe they’ll remember you when they’re bigshots headlining Warped Tour. Probably not though.
So it seems whenever I go to local venues to catch shows, I always wind up coming home with a pocket-full of demo CDs and EPs. Sometimes I get pleasantly surprised with quality music like Rogue6 and J-CLX, other times I wind up with a free new coaster.
As I stared at the pile of EPs I’ve received from Toronto and Durham Region indie and baby bands, I was in the mood for something light-hearted, poppy and fun to listen to. Catching my eye was a bright duel-blue cover with spattered paint blazing the words 48 Caliber.
I picked the vibrant cover and flipped it around to see what I was getting myself in to. Staring back at me was four young men with a solid look that gives the listener clear confirmation that they are in for a power pop experience (or as I like to call it, “safe punk”).
Just what I was looking for.
I tossed the CD in my player and was greeted right away with a warm vocal harmonies that bounced immediately into a high energy pop rock sound. It’s a catchy melody supported by a fun progression and a bouncy beat that gets your foot tapping immediately.
The EP continues with a power pop rock ballade titled Let it Go that fills everything you’d want from this kind of song. Fun instrumentals, pretty harmonies and it just has this feel that if you sang this song to your high school crush then she probably would have thought harder about it before turning you down for the big dance.
Come the middle of the EP, the boys kick it up into a tune reminiscent of Sum 41 meets The All American Rejects. The pace is consistent and fun and you will find yourself subconsciously bobbing your head to it; it feels odd calling this song one of the the heavier song of the EP as it still has a very friendly pop feel to it, but the raw emotion fueling the song gives it some balls.
Next up is a poppy ska ballade titled Morning Comes. Again it’s another fun and enjoyable song with a solid pace and a great progression.
The album closes with with a bang with the track titled The Relapse. It holds the modern punk motif a la Not By Choice very nicely.
This EP is solid as it gives the listener what they expect; what you see is what you get with 48 Caliber. It’s rocky without being obnoxious and it’s poppy without being fluff. 48 Caliber brings a great vibe to the table and it’d be hard not to bop along to these tracks.
Check them out, give them some love, and maybe they’ll remember you when they’re bigshots headlining Warped Tour. Probably not though.