It was obvious Title Fight were on to a winner with the ‘Kingston’ 7″ which exploded on my stereo last year and promptly stayed there for quite some time. Since then they inked a deal with Run For Cover (who still owe me and many others in the UK CDs and merch…) and the result is this record. It’s catchy, hard-hitting and full of sing along hooks. If you’re not singing along by the time you get round to ‘Memorial Field’ then check your pulse.
Title Fight specialise in crunchy riffs and throaty, screaming vocals that still manage to make you sing along. It’s a bit Lifetime/Kid Dynamite-esque at times, especially in the guitars, and if you loved the first Saves The Day record then you will love tracks like ‘Room 200’. Infact you could argue there’s not a bad song here as the bad race through 12 tracks in the blink of an eye. The only bad thing is that the album is littered with ‘old’ songs – if you’re a hardcore fan of the band there are only a handful of ‘new’ tracks here. And all three of the ‘Kingston’ EP songs are here too – one after the other too.
Still, as someone on the PT forums wrote, Title Fight now do Saves The Day better than Saves The Day do. Which is quite apt – and very fucking true.