The Blackout?s full-length debut We Are The Dynamite is a strong offering from yet another Welsh post-hardcore band. Lostprophets and Funeral for a Friend have made their impact on American soil and The Blackout is looking for similar acceptance. In fact, Ian Watkins of lostprophets did guest vocal duties on the second single, ?High Tide, Baby?. ?High Tide, Baby? is one of the softer songs on WATD, which makes it a great choice for a second single. The first single was the fast paced ?Beijing Cocktail?, which is a typical hard rock song these days. It sounds like A Day To Remember without the screaming.

What does set them apart is that they use two singers. This is not a new concept, but both singers only sing. With plenty of bands today (From Autumn To Ashes, Atreyu, etc) their drummer sings melodic parts while they have a screamer up front. The Blackout uses two singers to go back and forth.

We Are The Dynamite is honestly nothing special, but it is a fun record. Each listen gets better, but if you are unsure, check out their myspace page. They are a talented band, but far from something new.

{Reviewed by: Matt Chesley}

The Blackout has posted a new blog entry on their myspace about their upcoming debut album in the works as well as a possible headlining tour. Read more:

Bono Estentay!

Just a short blog to let you all know what’s going on in the world of ‘The Blackout’. We’re currently writing material for our forthcoming debut album. We start recording June 15th and we’re hoping to have everything finished around July. We’re really excited about the new material as it’s the best we’ve ever written. We’ve got gun fire, high fives, chants, cheesy riffs, dirty riffs, epic riffs, wild choruses and sing-alongs and we’ve even got some filler… ONLY JOKING!! THERE’S F**K ALL FILLER! There’s also a chance we might have a little dvd on the album for you little roustabouts too!

But yeah, be patient and hopefully we’ll have a release around September and a headline tour shortly after. So if you’ve been wondering what we’ve been up to then this is it. So stop wondering you wondering wonderers! As soon as we’re done recording the album we’ll be on the road again doing some festival shows. We’ve got a couple confirmed already, a Ripcurl festival in Newquay UK and the Pukkelpop in Hasselt Belgium. Hopefully we’ll have confirmed some more in the next month or so.

We’ll keep you posted with our monthly blogs, so keep in touch!

One love

Rhys x

A favorite UK band of mind, The Blackout has posted a new song up on their myspace. If you’ve never heard of them I suggest you take a peak at some of their other songs as well. Their new song is called “Prepare For A Wound”.

You can listen to it here: myspace.com/theblackout