McLane actually sings on this "love" song. Miles Apart is the first song on the disc that, *gasp*, has no screaming. Towards the end of the song, there's a nice trade off of singing and screaming between Sease and McLane. âRising Again' started off with the clean vocals of guitarist/singer David Sease and then burst out into mosh worthy sound that Stretch Arm Strong does so perfectly. I popped the disc in, and was pleased the second the drums started pounding, the guitars started buzzing and vocalist Christ McLane began belting out SAS's usual positive lyrics, "Race, religion, sex and creed, we're all the same when we bleed". I was a little disappointed with the packaging- (I liked the digi-pack styling used for Transmission, but it was nothing I couldn't live without.) the artwork was done nicely and the disc was enhanced with special features. So I ordered it and came back a week later. So, naturally, when Engage came out on August 19th, I ran to my local record store to pick it up. I didn't know what to think and it wasn't until not too long ago that I purchased their 2001 release A Revolution Transmission (an album that any fan of punk/hardcore should own) and have since been following the band religiously. It was punk, but the singer screamed at me. I was really into bands like MxPx, Green Day, and the Descendents, but I dug the song. I first heard of Stretch Arm Strong around 1998 off of a Tooth and Nail compilation that featured their song âSecond Chances'.
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