ON THE CINDER, a three piece melodic hardcore punk band from Buffalo, NY, have recently released their new album Lamplighter via Flower House Records, and they just kicked off their Canadian tour (see the dates below), a forerunner of their national tour in January/February. To celebrate, we have teamed up for an insightful track by track breakdown, a first hand commentary that gives us a much better perspective to experience this sharp offering. Aesthetically amplified with anthemic melodies and posi energy known from the genre’s past, “Lamplighter” doesn’t change the formula much, but is a fresh and powerful reaffirmation that message-filled punk is still aflame and you can still excite by rewriting it and adding your own distinct stylistic flavor to it. Lamplighter by ...
