Hmm… this is strangely similar to the my post about STATISTICS. Nonetheless, from the inbox:

RUFIO’s The Comfort of Home won’t be in stores until July 12th but fans can go to here to hear ‚ÄúOut of Control‚Äù (Track #1) from their upcoming album.

THE COMFORT OF HOME track listing:

01) Out Of Control

02) Let Fate Decide

03) A Simple Line

05) Never Learn

06) Bitter Season

07) Mental Games

09) Drowning

10) Questions And Answers

11) Life Songs

13) Walk Don’t Run

14) A View To Save

15) On Our Own

16) My Escape

Produced by Mike Green (Over It) and Mixed by Joe Barresi (Queens Of The Stone Age, Bad Religion, The Melvins), fans can expect to see RUFIO playing their new songs live this summer with Alkaline Trio as well as on Warped Tour dates in July. After that, the band will be doing their own headlining tour to support the release of their new album (dates to be announced soon).

- The sound quality on the new track is infinitely better than what they scrapped together for 1985. My question is – will they ever write a better than “”Science Fiction?”"

From Jade Tree:

Out July 12th, STATISTICS’ second proper full-length begins with a breathy whisper, but it hardly murmurs for long before guitars hurtle in and the first power chord rings out. Often Lie is an album of fist shaking angularity and mournful pop perfection. Omaha native and Desaparecidos co-songwriter Denver Dalley delivers the goods here; delicate odes to forgotten radio DJs and loves lost are peppered with electronic flourishes while crushing choruses beautifully butt up against a melancholic wash of breathtaking production, but when push comes to shove Often Lie elegantly ends in a resounding crash.

mp3: STATISTICS – Final Broadcast

- This song is way heavier than anything off of their prior album, Leave Your Name. I hope that’s the direction their taking overall.

PI’s Tim Krysko shot a few questions the way of Italy’s SETTLEFISH, who have just released their brand new album, The Plural of the Choir, on Deep Elm. The new disc has received rave reviews across the board, as the group has put a unique spin on complex, melodic arrangements, and lush, layered guitars. Give it a read here.

Michigan’s metallic warriors, STILL REMAINS have their brand new album up for streaming, courtesy of Roadrunner Records. Check out the heaviness here. According to the label, “Of Love And Lunacy, which was produced by Gggarth Richardson (Rage Against The Machine, Mudvayne, Kittie), is filled to bursting point with anthems of depth, passion and raw, unbridled emotion. Combining biting guitars, atmospheric keyboards and powerhouse drumming, the album runs the musical gauntlet from classic European metal a la At The Gates, Soilwork and In Flames to more contemporary US stars such as Atreyu and Killswitch Engage.

With the Bamboozle Festival this weekend, featuring who knows how many bands (100? 200? 15,000?), this grouping of “bands in vans,” can only mean one thing: someone’s getting all of their stuff stolen (and then we’ll all the debate the merits of said band starting up a PayPal account to assist in the recovery). So here’s my proposal bands… forget having your street teams hand out flyers or samplers across the state of New Jersey. Put those loyal champions to work in the field of security! If they’re so dedicated to your band, no doubt, they’ll be glad to stand outside of your van, on guard for thee, throughout the still of night. An “exclusive” band van security shirt should seal the deal (and then sell on eBay for $60). And if you’re attending Bamboozle in a tour bus, and your bus gets swiped… you might want to start two PayPal accounts.

AOL Music has ACCEPTANCE’s debut full-length, Phantoms up for streaming here (along with a ton of other media content). I haven’t gotten around to reviewing this one yet, but it’s a pleasant slab of melodic rock that’s got hooks coming out of every corner. Take a listen!

I can only hope that when I’m approaching middle-age territory like the band members of BAD RELIGION (minus Mr. Wackerman), I have the same kind of incidienary, yet reflective charge to my persepctive on life. The urgency reflected on “The Empire Strikes First,” the band’s umptheenth full-length, is at once, and as expected, both defiant, [...]

I would spend 8 hours reading about ANTI-FLAG on punknews, but my broken nose and hotel lobby internet access wouldn’t allow it yet.

Real news sorta:

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