Sunday, November 7, 2010

Marathon - Self Titled (2005)

This is one of the most impotant releases/bands of my mid-teen years. It came out when I was 15, and this band was my favorite band to see play shows. It was the only band from my area (Ithaca/Syracuse/Rochester NY) that was big enough to have a packed room of kids singing and dancing along, but also small enough to play in DIY spaces and smaller venues. I admit some of the politics on the album are a little too liberal for me to get behind at this point, but a lot of it is very well written, and the songs are still catchy as all hell. I'd dance like there was no tomorrow if these guys did a reunion.

For fans of: Strike Anywhere, Fifteen, Bad Religion, Rise Against
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