Thursday, August 20, 2015

Band Review: Traditions


Traditions is a rock band from Westfield, Massachusetts.

They list one of their influences as Taking Back Sunday. I can hear that, though I would say that the guitars have a harder edge.

The emotional sentiment actually reminds me of a slightly earlier era of emo, like the late '90s era (when the word was being used differently). A lot of those bands weren't very skilled musically. Traditions works better on a professional level while still retaining the emotion.

Current videos only include the sound tracks, but this is a relatively young band, with time to create more content.

They are worth checking out, certainly for fans of Taking Back Sunday, but I think also for fans of Christie Front Drive, and other earnest music, where it feels like everything depends on being understood.




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