GUEST PLAYLIST: Haggard Cat’s 11 Best Ways To Start An Album

Is the first track of an album arguably the most important? Openers certainly have the power to set up something incredible or blow an album’s load by making all that follows pale in comparison. We’ve just unveiled the opening track to our new EP ‘Cheer Up’ and I’m not saying that it does either of those things… But anyway, here’s a list of my all-time favourite opening tracks: At the Drive-In – ‘Arcarsenal’ (Relationship of Command) This track is just pure excitement caught on tape. That pounding floor-tom drum intro building and building makes you feel like you’re being dragged up on a rollercoaster, before lulling you for just a few seconds and launching you into a shredding full-band attack. It’s the perfect introduction to possibly the greatest post-hardcore record of all ...

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