New Ruins

The Kidcrash | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 2, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Lujo Records
• ASIN: B00065U090
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #490,735 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

New Ruins is an indie, mathy, emotive rock album. Recorded in Eudora, KS with Ed Rose at Black Lodge Recording, the album is the first nationally distributed release for The Kidcrash. Influenced by a wide range of music varying from bands like Sunny Day Real Estate, early Jimmy Eat World, Mineral, Braid, Minus The Bear, Cursive and Park. The Kidcrash hope to remind and inspire everyone who listens to their music why they play and why you should start. 'New Ruins' is The Kidcrash’s attempt to fill the silence that so many choose to fill with talk about music when we really should be letting it speak for itself.

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Kidcrash Deliver One of Year's Best, December 26, 2004

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Paul Osterlund "i never sleep, 'cause sleep i... (Albuquerque, New Mexico) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New Ruins (Audio CD)

This album by Santa Fe NM's own the Kidcrash is undoubtedly one of the best rock albums released this year, and is deserving of as much attention that it could possibly receive. Recorded and produced by Ed Rose (Get up Kids/Coalesce fame) in Kansas, "New Ruins" is a very tight and technically driven guitar based emo album. It reminds me of a cross between American Football and Braid, lots of arpeggio guitars and interplayed riffs, and math-rock time changes. There are nine songs that make up for just over 36 minutes, and I love every song on this cd. Most have an uptempo pace to them, "The Afterburn of Being Born" slows things down a bit, and it works. My favorite song has to be "The Drowning Swan's Song". The production is very clean and confident, but it doesn't kill the feeling of the album. The guitar work is some of the best of this genre I have ever heard, this stuff has to be ridiculously difficult to keep time while singing. The bass flows neatly over the guitars, which almost always function as lead instruments, occasionally providing octave chords as rhythm. The drumwork is superb, the fills are accurate and busy with precision, although the drum sound is very very slick. I recommend this album for fans of the two aforementioned bands, along with fans of Minus the Bear, Moneen, older Get Up Kids, Mineral, and Texas is the Reason.

5.0 out of 5 stars Metal convert to Indie, April 3, 2005

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Ex-Metalhead - See all my reviews

This review is from: New Ruins (Audio CD)

All I can say about this album, and this band is that they made me want to search for good music to listen to. They actually write themes reminiscent of classical music pieces into their music, creating fluid compositions throughout the album. The guitar work blows my mind, and the drums and bass never drop the rhythm. The music strikes me as some of the most innovative song writing I have heard in a long time. Everyone should give this band a listen.

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, November 9, 2004

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Danny (Bethel, ME) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New Ruins (Audio CD)

Wow. Who'd have thought that 4 years ago when I saw my first kidcrash show I'd see them on amazon.com. From Jakob's room, to warehouse21, to a printed and pressed cd, finally! I've grown to know and love this band, and their music all through high school. I look now at all the flyers and posters on my bedroom wall and remember how many shows we've had over the years, a lot of them kidcrash ones, and how my life wouldn't have been the same without them. This is music at its best. This is music that gives you that feeling in your stomache like your feet are about to leave the ground. The brilliant melodies and inspiring lyrics of the Kidcrash are unmatched. Its about time the rest of the world gets a glance at the prized possession that Santa Fe, NM has had to itself for all these years. This album is a culmination of all of those shows, and the past years of kidcrash music, and its worth a hell of a lot more than 12 bucks. For anyone who sees this and thinks, "just another cd", think again. If I could pick just one cd to take with me for the rest of my life, this would be it, hands down. You can expect more great things from these fellas later on, I guarantee it.