Attack Attack!

Some of the "rock" genre music that I have been listening to recently includes a group called Attack Attack! who list themselves on their myspace as "screamo/electro" under genre. Screamo is a form of post-hardcore, which is an offshoot of punk.

The genre features, as the name implies, screaming vocals (sometimes mixed with melodic vocals and done by different singers), and harmonized guitars--to speak generally. A song will typically feature a "breakdown" which consists of a highly rhythmic phrase that people mosh to--kind of like moving to a dance track, except more aggressive, and at times, violent.

Electro is a genre that I had heard mention of, but had no idea what it was. Here is the wikipedia entry on it.

Basically, what this group is trying to do is merge screamo with dance music. Their song "Stick Stickly" includes a dance beat merged with guitars near the end of the song (turn down your volumes a little for the first vid, kids).



They have also done a dance/screamo cover of Katy Perry's popular song "I Kissed a Girl".



I think this band is really neat.



P.S. Attack Attack! will be opening for Escape the Fate in NYC on Feb. 21. Hope to see you there...