Stay Gold - Complete Discography (includes stuff you haven't got)

newwestcrew:

How do you tell a band is great? When they set out to rip off another band, and then completely outdo the band they intended to rip off. That’s what Stay Gold did. Some of their members saw Faded Grey, and immediately said “I want to play THAT style of Hardcore!”. This lead the formation of arguably the best ‘Melodic Hardcore’ band ever. It’s a style of Hardcore that is really easy to fuck up, and really easy to have sounds like it’s just an indie rock band covering bad power metal songs. Stay Gold played the style to perfection. The songs were well written, had great melodies and hooks, as well as excellent lyrics. This was a Hardcore band that, despite forming just to rip off another band, actually ended up creating something truly unique. A lot of the melodies actually sounds really similar to the Pre-Stay Gold band The Entropy Project. I’ll post their stuff eventually, although, unlike Stay Gold, it really hasn’t aged well.

One of my favorite things about Stay Gold, is actually the back up vocals. This might seem like a strange thing to get fired up on, but I feel like it’s part of what put this band over the top. First off, the backing vocals sound like Ari Katz from Lifetime, which is probably not a coincidence since they were big Lifetime fans. As an aside, they actually broke up after playing a basement show in New Brunswick, that was a coincidence though. Second, the harmonies are extra tight and actually remind me a bit of Bad Religion at times, and since Bad Religion is the best band of all time, I like that.

I assume (probably incorrectly) that most of the people following me already have most of the Stay Gold stuff on their computers. You should download this anyways because odds are, you don’t have their best song. The track is called The Letter, and appeared on the first Power of Ten compilation 7”. It is one of the best songs ever recorded, any genre, any era. Not many people seem to have a digital version of that comp, as no one has listened to that track on lastfm in the last 6 months.

On to the good stuff, this download contains:

- Demo 2001

- Self Titled 7”

- Caught Up In the Moment EP (with 2 extra tracks from the CD)

- “The Letter” comp track from Power of Ten V1 7”

- Pills and Advice LP

This band is essential listening, do yourself a favor: http://www.mediafire.com/?h3vjtb194pire0c

Source: newwestcrew