Tightwire – Six Feet Deep

Minneapolis, Minnesota pop-punk band Tightwire is a shoe-in for the Red Scare family.  In fact, label boss man Toby Jeg gave one listen and just couldn’t turn them down.  Born of a simple pop-punk spirit that captures the early days of Teenage Bottlerocket and Masked Intruder, there’s little denying the band’s easy appeal to today’s hungry pop-punk fan-base.  Their label debut, Six Feet Deep, is a simple but impactful reminder that reinventing the wheel isn’t always as exciting as just rolling with what works. The album opens with the quick and dirty rally cry of “Spell on Me,” spouting out an instantly memorable lead-in and following-up with an equally as addictive chorus. The simple pop-punk riffs and nasally vocals are right on cue, made all the more singable in part to a chorus o...