Golden Mixtape

When people from your favorite bands decide to pursue other musical outlets, you’re left torn. Is their new stuff as great as the music you fell in love with in the first place? I still have friends who try to insist Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz and he his thing Black Cards, is actually okay. I won’t ever buy that because FOB was a huge part of my life for some time, so I can’t expect people to hop on Peace’d Out’s self-titled too fast.

A scent of mystery surrounded Peace’d Out and those involved, but once it was revealed that it was comprised of Vinnie Caruana (I Am The Avalanche, The Movielife), Steve Choi (RX Bandits), Casey Deitz (The Velvet Teen) and Roger Camero (No Motiv, The Warriors),  people were excited to see new music from some of their favorites. Now the wait is over and their self-titled EP is out for fans to take in. The Velvet Teen and No Motiv are foreign to me, but I can say this is a far cry from The Movielife and RX Bandits.

If you went through the musical collection of one of your most open friends, and combined a little of their punk, a lot of their hardcore and a pinch of their metal…You’d get Peace’d Out. My first run through the record left me speechless. It wasn’t that it was this amazing album, I just didn’t know what they were saying…So I paid attention to the musical elements and concluded that if you were to dress the listener of this album; they’d be in a fitted Bring Me The Horizon tee.

“Castlemania” started with an intro that resembled an alien abduction. From what I understood, I felt that song was a message to fans, and the bands relief to be making new music. Another intro that was striking was “White Pyramids.” It played like the beginning of a Blockbuster period piece staring Keira Knightley, but then shed the elegance when the hardcore set in.  While Peace’d  Out had some memorable starts, it was “Cha-Chang-Changmail” that was best all around. It didn’t bother with intricate buildups and got right into the meat of the song.

Fans of any of the men of Peace’d Out’s previous bands might not be an immediate fans, but people who listen to bands like Indian School and All Get Out are more than likely to be instantly attracted to Peace’d Out and their mesh of hardcore, metal and punk. Peace’d Out’s out now on Siren Records.