★★★★★
On The Earth Pushed Back, the J. Robbins-produced debut from Baltimore's Have Mercy, the band spin a couple new yarns on a fairly familiar sound, successfully creating a dynamic between heartfelt emo and austere post-hardcore that's never too much of one or the other. Not an easy feat.
Brian Swindle's vocals are the perfect balance of gritty and melodic, and he shines almost immediately on opener "Level Head," rising and falling seamlessly with the music around him...
- www.punknews.org
2013-06-05
★★★★★
Release Date: May 14, 2013 Why is Taking Back Sunday's Tell All Your Friends Victory Records' best-selling album when the vocalists are off key more frequently than not? Why do bands from Touché Amoré to Moving Mountains cite Thursday as an influence when their singer was nicknamed "Tone Geoff?" Why are so many current Midwest bands trying to be Mineral (I'm looking at you, Count Your Lucky Stars roster) when their debut album sounds like it was recorded from behind a glass wall...
- absolutepunk.net
2013-05-27
★★★★★
Let me paint you a picture. "The Earth Pushed Back" is now a synonym for "seduction." The album ever leaves you behind. When it draws back, it draws you back with it and you never miss a beat. The album is not that upbeat, hey-let's-go party, but I'd be lying if I said it didn't have a certain groove about it. Have a dinner party, with this in the background, and I would bet any money that someone will ask who the band is...
- absolutepunk.net
2013-05-20
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