Album Title: “Rebellion”
Release Date: March 2010
Label: Paper + Plastick
Brett Adams – Vocals/Guitar
Cory Manning – Bass/Vocals
Freddy Clarke – Drums
John Greeley – Guitar
Evolution is a natural process that can neither be forced nor contrived, but can be accellerated by constant pressure and motion. Since their inception a few short years ago, The Riot Before have kept their burners on high, maintaining a perpetual drive that propelled them almost overnight from obscurity to legendary road warrior status. From their humble, guileless beginnings, they’ve rapidly matured into an experienced and irrefutable force.
After the virulent success of 2008’s “Fists Buried in Pockets,” they immediately set to work forging a new record. With the help of Paper + Plastick’s seemingly infinite underworld connections, the planets aligned during a full moon and they found themselves locked away in the ivory tower known as The Magpie Cage alongside fabled production wizard J Robbins (Jawbreaker, Against Me!, The Promise Ring). Together, they cast and fired their finest work to date, a sprawling composite that fuses the band’s driving, melodic anthems with Robbins’ dissonant, angular production. The resulting opus stands as a genre-defying testament to musical progression, as each song draws clear and differing influences while maintaining a cohesive texture throughout the course of the record.
PAPER + PLASTICK SAYS:
“Straight up, 2008’s Fists Buried in Pockets was my favorite pop-punk record of the year. The lyrics, the melodies, the way the record ebbs and flows – it remains in my car as a CD that defines the album experience. In a way, working with The Riot Before has come full circle since Tony at Southern Lovin’ slipped me their CD and made me aware of what I was missing. That experience was honestly one of the best examples of when friends introduce you to bands that you get hooked on. For Rebellion, the band decided to record with J. Robbins, and the way the record captures the bands’ live intensity is spot on. Brett’s lyrics are by far in my top twenty as far as songwriters go; they’re descriptive and have an amazing depth to them.”
