Exclusive: Versus the World Streaming ‘Drink. Sing. Live. Love.’

Web Dept — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:49:43 +0000

Today, we’re excited to be able to bring you the exclusive stream of the brand new album from California’s Versus the World. Listen to all of Drink. Sing. Live. Love. in the SoundCloud player below.

“I’m really excited for this new record,” said vocalist Donald Spence. “We’ve spent two years writing and recording it, and it really has been a labor of love. These are some of my favorite songs that I’ve ever written, and I can’t wait for them to see the light of day.”

Drink. Sing. Live. Love. is out next Tuesday, July 31, via Viking Funeral Records.

Review: Versus The World – Drink. Sing. Live. Love.

Paige Camisasca — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:00:54 +0000

Seven years is a long time to pass between albums even for arena rock stars. For an independent post-hardcore band, it’s an eternity. Yet Versus the World, which features ex-members of the Ataris and Lagwagon, revel in being underdogs. Like prime-era Alkaline Trio, Drink. Sing.Live. Love is filled with emotionally tangled songs about sacrifice, disappointment, and heartbreak that contrast biting cynicism and poppy catchiness in surprising and intriguing ways. On “The Kids Are Fucked,” for instance, frontman Donald Spence gripes about, “Privileged little parasites picking clean our bones,” yet he does so over music as euphoric as Fall Out Boy, yet way more multi-dimensional. JON WIEDERHORN

Check out “She Sang The Blues” off Drink. Sing. Live. Love. below:

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Exclusive: Versus the World Streaming ‘Drink. Sing. Live. Love.’

Review: Versus The World – Drink. Sing. Live. Love.