Blog: Nine Bullets

New London Fire of Asbury Park, NJ experiments with sound, creating an exciting, and often surprising, aural landscape that propels the superb first half of their third album, The Dirt The Blood The Faith . Kicking off with "Other Side of Town," the band careens like an old wooden roller coaster car whizzing dangerously fast along a rickety track. "Rise," another standout, becomes an ominous, atmospheric anthem that perfectly segues into "Until the Light Goes Out on Me," a short campfire hymn presented as a sing-along. "I Don't See You Anymore" has the breezy vibe of vintage [...]

• New London Fire - Other Side Of Town
• New London Fire - Rise
• New London Fire - The Dirt, The Blood, The Faith