The Life I Know

Gwen Stacy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 5, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ferret Records
• ASIN: B0011GI7L6
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #42,833 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #39 in Music > Christian > Hard Rock & Metal

Editorial Reviews

With their beginning firmly and proudly rooted in the middle of America, Indianapolis natives Gwen Stacy began practicing together in the winter of 2004. Since those early days Gwen Stacy has maintained a diligent work ethic rivaling older, more experienced bands and have toured America on multiple occasions sharing the stage with today s favorites such as The Devil Wears Prada, mychildren mybride, and The Human Abstract among others.

On the band s full-length Ferret debut, The Life I Know , Gwen Stacy convened with Paul Leavitt (All Time Low, The Bled, From Autumn to Ashes), and well-known producer Brian Mcternan to record in the fall of 2007. On The Life I Know , Gwen Stacy come out and immediately destroy the listener s expectations. Vocalist Cole Wallace s delivery hearkens back to a time when the message and the need to be understood were an essential part of hardcore. A lot of our lyrics are about faith, how we struggle through life, and other things people can relate to, admits Wallace.

In the coming year Gwen Stacy will go nationwide once again and take The Life I Know to bigger crowds and venues around the country. Our goal is to play every town and every city, concludes Sego. Above all else, we want to play and hang with the kids and bring our message to every place our van can take us.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great CD--Sort of in the vein of Underoath?, February 8, 2008

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Richard Lorenz ""Melodic Metal"" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Life I Know (Audio CD)

I saw these guys in concert last night as the opening act for Haste the Day and Scary Kids Scaring Kids, and liked them so much I picked up their CD. I've been listening to it all morning, and I can assure you it's great. Great syncopation, and the melodies are solid and catchy in many cases. The CD is sufficiently heavy, and they remind me of Underoath (I'm sure, in part, because of the Christian thing). Seeing as constant screaming can get tiring, the bassist does clean vocals at some point in almost every song. In short, the CD sounds like a sophomore or junior release, despite the fact that this is their first album. Go get it.

Update: Some of my favorites include I Was Born with Two First Names, What Will Happen If I Hit Enter, Sleeping in the Train Yard, and Gone Fishing. See You in a Year.

4.0 out of 5 stars It was good!, January 30, 2009

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Thomas L. Haynes "Toomis <3" (Ok, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Life I Know (Audio CD)

I loved this product I am glad I ordered it! And Amazon was good about getting it to me asap.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars NEW and GREAT, March 11, 2008

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S. Walton "skreemz86" (Greenville, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Life I Know (Audio CD)

I hardly post reviews, much less have the time. But, I thought this album deserved a good review worth my time and a bit of positive rattle from me to encourage others about their band. I have found Gwen Stacy to sound like other bands, but they also play themselves on the front of their music. Band sounds that they spill into are that of Beloved, Evergreen Terrace, The Devil Wears Prada, August Burns Red, and Norma Jean. The most unique song that gives the album a turn toward it's end is #9- Sleeping in the Train Yard, which starts out with a 3 minute intro. All of the other songs are good, have good breakdowns, don't sound like other songs on the album (in my opinion), and it didn't take me "getting used to it" or "letting it grow on me" before I liked the entire album. I agree with the last reviewers choice of songs. They're ALL really good though.

This album has been spun in my car and room many times, for it is not an album full of monotonous songs that sound like each other. That's another reason I was attracted to this band at 1st. Also, they're a Christian band on a secular label (Ferret Style), similar to Stryper on Hollywood Records. They were also outspoken about how the album's lyrics were about faith. This is a solid album. They're also on tour with Inhale Exhale of Solid State Records at the moment.