Rival Schools United by Onelinedrawing [EP]

Rival Schools

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 24, 2001)
• Original Release Date: July 24, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: EP
• Label: Some Records
• ASIN: B00005LVYC
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #238,652 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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11 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars New and Improved! Now with 50% Less Metal!, August 11, 2001

By	"usualchannels" (Northampton, MA United States) - See all my reviews

Now I know that this Jonah dude from Onelinedrawing might have had something to do with this (and God bless his emo, Pavement loving tucas if he did), but Rival Schools (featuring Walter Schrieffels -- ex-Quicksand and Gorilla Biscuits, with various other NYHC alumni) have taken Quicksand's attempts at unusual production and groove-heavy rock with understated hip-hop inflections, left out most of the silly heavy metal sonics, and come out with a record of humble, entertaining post-hardcore--just like we always wished he would. Most NYHC fans have always known that Walter was the scene's best songwriter, and it's nice to see melodicism and DC-style roots take precedence over guitar solos on this outing. Jonah of Onelinedrawing (who, according to the Some Records website, sings two of the six songs on this CD, backed by R.S.), is a little heavy-handed in the vocals department, often sounding like a pretentious and over-wraught Steven Malkmus, but even his songs are usually saved by spare but inventive production techniques that rely on shifting dynamics for variety. If you like New York post-hardcore like Quicksand, Supertouch or Eventide, if you dig DC groups like Lungfish and Soul Side, or even if you're a young pup getting off on all that new tripe everyone's pushing as "emo" lately, you should pick this up. As a step forward for Schrieffels, it couldn't sound more right--he's not reinventing himself, but not exactly treading water either. What more could you ask of him? Techno blips? Another Quicksand reunion?

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good, September 3, 2007

By	Gogol (England) - See all my reviews

Pretty good this from Rival Schools and One line drawing. Rival school tracks are very similar to their album while the One Line Drawing stuff is a little heavier than their album. As another reviewer put it, the whole thing does have a little 'free jazz' feel to it especially 'take one for the team'

Good guitar work from both bands but I feel the vocals on Rival Schools get a little drowned out at times.

Not a bad little CD. A little short thought so you may want to think about how much you are willing to pay for it.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good, but ..., January 15, 2005

By	David Poirier (New-Richmond / Québec) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

well just want to say that it's not their best stuff for both of the band, but it is not bad