Blog: Battle of the Midwestern Housewives

There's just something about Signals Midwest's "Latitudes and Longitudes".  I'm not usually into the particular style that these Cleveland, Ohio dudes play, and while it's not in my regular rotation (yet), I do enjoy the album. Signals Midwest play that gruff midwestern punk mixed with melodic emo influences that seems to be randomly big these days, but unlike 90% of similar bands, they're able to keep me hooked. You can hear their influences through each melody, from The Menzingers, Braid, to Smoke or Fire (shit, listen to the opening vocal pattern of "The Weight And The [...]

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