Aww James

 

 

 

Aww James is a punk rock band from Phillipsburg New Jersey, created in late 2004 By brothers Joe and Brian who then later added Ryan and Todd, from all I can tell apparently there was some bad blood between the members of the band which had Brian leaving and being replaced very early in the band's existence. From all I can gather, this is their only CD release, the other music being demos from the now defunct PureVolume site (IYKYK)

 

so for the first time in a very long time, here's AWW JAMES 

 

 Welcome to the Factory Floor (2007) 

 

 

1) Headaches and Heartaches

 2) Mission F-Bomb

3) Everyone's a Critic

4) Internal Bleeding

5) This Is For The Pain

6) What's A Musician?

7) Isn't It Romantic?

8) The Real California

9) Cash In Your Happiness

10) Someone Wake Me Up

11) Sucked Dry

12) Uh, Sorry

13) Enjoy The Silence 

14) Memories 

Candy Hearts

 

"Candy Hearts are an American pop-punk band from Newark, New Jersey. The band's current line-up consists of vocalist/guitarist Mariel Loveland, drummer Matthew Ferraro and bassist John Clifford. The band was formed by Loveland and guitarist Kris Hayes (formerly of Nightmare River Band) in 2009. Loveland is the sole remaining original member. Their debut album, Ripped Up Jeans and Silly Dreams, was released for free online in 2010. It featured Loveland, Hayes, bassist Greg Baldwin and drummer Nick Noto."

I remember first listening to Candy Hearts around 2010 where I got the album I'm sharing with you now, I got it from a now defunct blog (can't remember which one) and had been hooked ever since, I was lucky enough to catch them at warped tour (RIP) and they put on an amazing show, I'd describe this band as a mixture of pop alt and rock kinda like TacocaT if you're into them, Mariel's voice might take some getting into but that never holds the music back I can think of plenty of bands around the same time period with artists who are a little difficult to get into because of their vocals initially but I can tell you that this band was really something, as for where Mariel is at now, she's the sole (?) member of the band best ex, which is expecting a new album sometime later this year which I am eager to give a listen to.

for now I'm sharing Candy Hearts' debut release / album which is what I can't find on streaming sites (unsure of the reason) all other albums can be listened to on youtube or spotify

Ripped Up Jeans & Silly Dreams

1) What I Want 

2) Blocking The Sunshine

3) You and Me

4) Flashers Flashing

5) Hiding From My Friends

6) Why

7) Without Caffeine

8) What You Want

9) Punk Songs

10) Red Balloon

11) Anything 

12) Size Of The Moon

13) Cracks Beneath Closed Doors

Candy Hearts on Spotify

Best Ex Bandcamp

Best Ex Spotify

Footnotes

"Two-piece upbeat emo band from Philadelphia. Formed in late 2008. Both members now play in the band Mallard along with ex/current members of Corcovado, Mumble, I Sing The Equator, and Broski. On July 13th, 2011 Footnotes played their last show in Easton, PA and has no plans to write or play shows in the future."

- LastFM

I don't really know much about the band themselves or where they are now but they played some great emo music reminiscent of any mid 2000's band at the time, I have a strong urge to compare their sound to something like that of a early pop punk band like knuckle punk esqe or maybe CapnJazz or Merchant Ships.... either way worthy of a listen and after listening yourselves you can tell me if my ears are broken or not , anyway,  I might go back and do some of their future band mates projects like I Sing the Equator or Corcovado

I've compiled their discog, which is  only 2 releases; the "Everything Last Year" album and the "Summer Shit EP" as far as I know this is the only releases done under this bands name and im pretty sure they were released sometime around 2009-2010 but I can't tell which one came first, either way here for your listening pleasure is Footnotes

Everything Last Year (2009?)

1. It's Brokay (You'll Get It Fuck R)

2. Boy Hair

3. Reverse Speaking

4. Girls

5. Goofy Looking Birds

6. I've Never Been To An Easter Island

7. It Gets Better

8. Sean's Song (Acoustic)

Summer Shit  EP(2010?)

1. Trey Parker

2. It's Brokay ( you'll get it fuck right someday)

3. Jammin' On The One

4. Clearwater

5. Don't Go To Texas