Album Title: “One Chapter in the Book: A Collection of Standard Weights and Measurements”
Release Date: October 2008
Label: Kiss of Death Records

Lauren – Vocals/Guitar
Fid – Vocals/Guitar
Andrew – Bass
Mikey – Vocals/Drums

Over the last two years, The Measure [SA] have crept around just beneath the radar of mainstream punk rock, taking their folk-influenced West Coast pop-punk from basement to basement and releasing a steady stream of 7′s on just about every small-scale label around.

‘One Chapter in the Book’ gathers all of these songs onto one disc and finishes it off with an icing of surprise covers and an unreleased track, along with a remastering job the brings all the songs to the same levels and does away with the disjointed highs and lows that many collections suffer from. The result is a record that flows like it was all tracked in one session, as each song slides easily into the next. The songs brim with emotion and energy kept at bay by a sincere honesty that most bands never capture.

Critical self-analysis runs hand-in-hand with late-twenties cynicism, yet bouncy melodies and touch of Springsteen-esque feel-good rock and roll keep The Measure from drowning the listener in a sea of despair. Quite the opposite, in fact, as the songs have a peculiar tendency to bring a smile to one’s face with the knowledge that life’s not all bad and there’s still good people playing their hearts out just for the fun of it.