UFN

Anyone remember Thursday? How about Glassjaw? OK, what about Converge?

Converge is a classic, but the previous two I can honestly had escaped my more recent musical repertoire. I was recently reminded of these late/post high school bands that dominated my stereo at the time by the news of a hardcore/screamo/grindcore supergroup. Word on the street has it that members of the three bands I just mentioned are coming out with a collaboration entitled, United Nations.

Glassjaw got overshadowed by the shifting trends in the scene that introduced Head Automatica, but news of a side project with a reinvigorated edge from Palumbo was definitely a welcomed surprise. Similar sentiments were aroused by news that Thursday frontman Geoff Rickley was in the mix as well. Despite my inevitable evolution in musical taste, there is still a soft spot in my heart for those dissonant sounds of discordant youth.

The timing for the release of this album seems to coincide perfectly with the allusion of the political undertones that the name of the band seems to imply. Upon preliminary listenings of some of their tracks and their names this allusion definitely seems to be validated; you can check out their album at their www.myspace.com/unitednations. The final lineup hasn't been revealed, but you can definitely hear the memorable vocals of Rickley. As for the rest, check them out for yourself and be sure to pick up the album when it comes out.