THE AMERICANS - SELF-TITLED CD, 2006

 THE AMERICANS 

SELF-TITLED CD, 2006 

THE AMERICANS WERE AN ANARCHOPUNK HARDCORE BAND FROM SAN DIEGO THAT PLAYED DURING THE EARLY 2000'S.  THEY WERE COMPRISED OF SEAN ON GUITAR AND VOCALS AND BLAINE ON BASS AND VOCALS (TWO BROTHERS ORIGINALLY FROM HAWAII), AND DAN ON DRUMS.  THEY PLAYED UNTIL AROUND 2008 OR SO, WHEN THEY SPLIT DUE TO DAN MOVING WITH HIS SIGNIFICANT OTHER UP TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.  DURING THEIR TIME AS A BAND, THEY INDEPENDENTLY RELEASED TWO CDS, THIS SELF-TITLED CD IN 2006, AND "THE DEVOURING" IN 2008, BOTH OF WHICH WERE RECORDED AND MIXED BY ROB LOGIC.  AFTER THE BAND SPLIT, SEAN AND BLAINE WENT ON TO FORM THE NOTEABLE MELODIC HARDCORE CRUST BAND AGE OF COLLAPSE.  THIS SELF-TITLED CD SEEMS TO BE A SCARECITY AND IS A CLASSIC OF THE MID-2000'S SAN DIEGO HARDCORE ANARCHOPUNK ERA, WITH COVER ART BY THE INFAMOUS DOOMSDAY GRAPHICS OF BERLIN, GERMANY.  THE CD OPENS WITH THE SPOOKY INTRO "UNSPEAKABLE EVIL," THEN BURSTS INTO THE FIRST FURIOUS SONG, "ARTIFICIAL TRUTH."  OTHER THEMES EXPLORED THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE CD ARE TOPICS SUCH AS BOREDOM, THE DANGERS OF DRIVING WHILE USING A CELL PHONE (THIS WAS EVEN BEFORE THE PROLIFERATION OF SMART PHONES), HUMANITY'S APPARENT LACK OF ETHICS AND COMPASSION, AND EPHEBOPHILIA WITHIN THE MUSIC SCENE (GROWN ASS MEN PREYING ON MID-TEEN GIRLS).

"GET OFF YOUR CELL PHONE!"

TRACKLIST: 

1. UNSPEAKABLE EVIL 

2. ARTIFICIAL TRUTH 

3. SHARKS AND SHEEP 

4. CONDITIONED IGNORANCE 

5. HATRED 

6. ENLIGHTENMENT 

7. CELL PHONE ABUSE 

8. CHURROS OF DEATH 

9. SOCIETY'S DECAY 

10. THE LIFE UNINTERESTING 

11. INTERNAL RAGE 

12. FUTURE ABSENCE OF MORALITY (AND SUSPICIONS OF THE HUMAN MIND) 

13. OSMIUM 

14. FLESH PREFERENCE 

15. BLIND SIGHT 

16. BONUS TRACK 

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THE AMERICANS - SELF-TITLED CD 2006