With cinematic guitar riffs, brooding leads, and addictive vocal lines from the ever-outstanding Amster-Iversen duo, the foursome conjures a mature, polished, and intensely passionate craft, urgent but not at all rushed. Hints of early AmRep get mixed in with the larger sounds of ‘90s alt heroes Failure and Quicksand. Combine that with the thunderous heaviness of Mastodon, the hook-laden post-hardcore-meets-powerpop appeal of Cave In or Torche and you’ll get “In The Dark”, by Denver post-hardcore / rock goldsmiths ABRAMS. Today, to celebrate its recent release on Small Stone Records, we’re pleased to host Abrams frontman Zach Amster, who shared his interesting piece about his Top 5 Influential Records. You can check it out in its full glory below. Abrams went from a...