The Cryptics - Continuous New Behavior
Dover, New Hampshire pop-punk outfit The Cryptics recently dropped a new album, entitled Continuous New Behavior, a 14-track collection of spiffy, rousing pop-punk music, on Pine Hill Records.
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Vocalist/guitarist Tino Valpa explains the song “Time To Kill Time,” saying, “It blows my mind that anyone can claim boredom. There is so much in this world you can do no matter what you’re interested in. This song is a societal reality check and an SOS to the people that are active, productive, and jovial so they know that they are not alone. There are people who have goals. People who know what they want in this world. People who couldn’t dream of boredom. People who like to have fun. The song speaks for itself – who has the time to kill time?!”
The Cryptics are made up of Tino Valpa (vocals, guitar), Frank Alcaraz (lead guitar), Anthony Calderone (bass), Christ Clement (bass on the title track), and Andy Mattern (drums).
Since forming in 2008, The Cryptics have toured Europe, Mexico, and Cuba, sharing the stage with Dead Kennedys, Guttermouth, and the Angry Samoans. After touring Europe with Battalion Of Saints, The Cryptics took a break from touring, laying down tracks for Continuous New Behavior.
Calderone’s bass presses with hefty dynamism, giving the song punchy muscle.
The album starts off with “Time To Kill Time,” traveling on potent buzz-saw guitars atop a rumbling rhythm, as Valpa invests the lyrics with Offspring-like snarling stress.
“Who / Has the time / To Kill Time / Not Me.”
Speaking subjectively, the best tracks on the album include “White Woman,” riding tight growling guitars backed by gang-like vocal harmonies. This track pushes with intense energy; I love the drums on this track, powerful yet finessed.
“Flat World” opens on heavy chords seguing into dense chugging guitars and a ferociously fat and slapping bassline. Alcaraz’s blistering guitar infuses the tune with searing accents, as the harmonics ramp up. Calderone’s bass presses with hefty dynamism, giving the song punchy muscle.
“Leads To Betrayal” features a dark trickling guitar intro, and then mousses up to supercharged levels of thrumming resonance, as the guitars slice the atmosphere with gleaming raw colors.
The Cryptics roll it out on beaucoup visceral textures and contagious rhythms; throbbing guitars and thumping percussion make it scorch.
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