Family Force Five Release New Album “Dance Or Die” Today
Publish Date: Aug 19, 2008
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“You don’t know it yet, but this is your favourite album of the year”
Absolute Punk, August 2008
There’s a delicate balance between the intertwining worlds of artistry, entertainment and humour, but for dance-derived alternative rockers Family Force 5, it’s an ecstatic equilibrium that remarkably illustrates all three elements. With tongue firmly planted in cheek, the Atlanta-based five-some are just as likely to get the party started as they are to escort audiences into an alternate reality. The group’s sophomore release, Dance Or Die, oozes with over-the-top illustrations, charging out of the gate with funky rhythms, percolating club grooves, undeniably infectious hooks and instantaneous sing-a-longs. Dance Or Die hits shelves at your local Canadian Christian retailer today.
“Listening to Family Force 5 is like lighting a cluster of firecrackers in your mouth,” offers guitarist Derek Mount (known to fans as Chap Stique), recommending a spin of Dance Or Die over that daredevil antic. “This album provides a connection and an escape, and it’s guaranteed to make your booty shake and your head bang. It’s greasy, slimy and soupy, yet still very slick and shiny at the same time.”
Family Force 5 is:
Just off a successful trek on the Vans Warped Tour 08, the band gears up for the Dance Rawr Dance 2 tour with Danger Radio and Play Radio Play kicking off on October 6th. An unrelenting rush of delightfully uncontainable madness hearkening back to the days of massive spectacles on tour, in addition to members thrashing the stage wearing matching futuristic space-suits, expect to meet the Family Force 5000, a massive drum machine they personally invented that, at first glance, looks more like the next NASA launch computer than it does a musical instrument.
“The dance rock party of the year starts on August 19th when Atlanta based FF5’s new album “Dance or die” hits”
Melodic.net, August 2008
Get ready to DANCE RAWR DANCE 2. See them live:
Check out Dance Or Die on FF5’s YMZ artist page.
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