The Keeper Class - There From Here
Hailing from Portland, Maine, and billed as “melodic punk,” The Keeper Class recently dropped a new EP, entitled There From Here, on 31st Street Records.
The Keeper Class
Recorded by Nicholas Bilotta at Bottom of the River Sound, in Biddeford, Maine, There From Here was mixed and mastered by David Blais of Blais Mastering, in Portland, Maine.
Made up of Ande, Carlton, Jeremy, and Brian, The Keeper Class describes their sound as, “Melodic punk rock inspired by self-loathing, cold pizza and shower beers.” It’s a good sound!
The EP contains three-tracks, beginning with “The Last Locals,” which opens on bright sizzling guitars flowing into a heavy wall-of-sound that descends a bit to a rousing, driving pop-punk melody on top of a powerfully popping snare and throbbing bass line. Rasping vocals, slightly impertinent and full of angst, infuse the song with intense tones. I love the Spartan-like guitar solo, searing and not overly cooked with glitzy riffs.
A stuttering brawny breakdown shifts the harmonics, giving them quaking energy, as the gritty vocals imbue the lyrics with pungent reflective disdain.
“The sunlight crashes through the shades again / Chases off my old friends / Til it's goodbye empty bottles, empty nights / Three weeks gone / You didn’t leave a trace / Reminders / Pop up in my head from time to time.”
“This One’s for the Pine Tree State” rides muscular, potent harmonics, as the guitars grind out blistering tones accented by an astral guitar, sneering on top. A stuttering brawny breakdown shifts the harmonics, giving them quaking energy, as the gritty vocals imbue the lyrics with pungent reflective disdain.
“I'm holding on to something so tight that it might break my hands / This is the morning of my discontentment / Everybody knows I'm a piece of shit / But at this point I've learned to / I've learned to live with it.”
“The Patron Saint of Last Call” features a galvanizing intro, full of scorching guitars atop a rumbling rhythm. Once the melody takes hold, the harmonics exude electrifying sound, raw and dense, and on par with anything done by The Offspring. This is my favorite track on the EP because of its concentrated dynamics, so buff it almost hurts. Good stuff!
The Keeper Class most definitely has it going on. There From Here howls with pulverizing momentum and hard-hitting weight.
