Red Tape Parade – The Third Rail Of Life

Releasedate: 03-01-2014; Label: End Hits / Cargo Digital / Uncle M
By: Nina Mende

Red Tape Parade was founded in 2007 by a bunch of people in their late twenties from the hardcore punk scene in southern Germany. The modest and simple goal was to play music and write lyrics that would reflect their experiences and musical tastes while growing older.

While their peers got involved in ironic post-hardcore or minimal house Red Tape Parade went back to the early purchases of their record collection in search for inspiration. Over the course of the next five years the group’s music evolved from fast, angry hardcore punk to a more melodic and poppier sound. Red Tape Parade had released two full length studio albums. The guys were working on their third when the singer was diagnosed with cancer. After he passed, the remaining band members decided to re-release their two full length albums in dedication to their singer. And this is one of the two.“The Third Rail Of Life” contains fourteen songs. Rough music with partially shouted and sung vocals is what blasts right at you when pushing play. “The Third Rail Of Life” includes some quite catchy songs that will definitely get stuck in your head with their amazing melodies. It is really a pity that these guys will not tour again. But in memoriam of the singer go get this album, play it loud and proud to you and your friends.

Tracklist: 01. (always stubborn, sometimes hateful) 02. directed by alan smithee 03. not even as we speak (feat. Matthew Davies-Kreye) 04. (hunch)back for good 05. the lose-lose situation 06. anything else is progress (feat. Joey Cape) 07. steal the air! 08. poison pen 09. tonight? just re-runs (feat. Scott Freeman) 10. horizon line 11. the year of the pig 12. this is circle two 13. on the care meter (feat. Patrick Kindlon) 14. it’s a small town “FUCK YOU”

Links:
Red Tape Parade Official