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Artist
Our City Skyline
12+ albums
post-hardcorehardcoremetalcorepost hardcoremelodic hardcore
about
No one would ever accuse Our City Skyline of stagnation. The Boise, ID five piece puts jet-fueled momentum behind their relentless explorations of hardcore, punk and the bridges that bring genres together. As they wander between twenty ton riffs and soaring melodies, OCS never relies on pure thuggery, pure technicality or pure thrash to craft their songs. In an age where bands grab at every possible straw to set themselves apart from the pack, Our City Skyline gently gathers their influences and carefully binds them together in a way that never sounds forced. Vocalist Brady Sauvageau cries out with the howl of a nightmarish prehistoric wolf, but there's an unmistakable intelligence that peeks out from behind the shadow of his growl. Brass knuckle breakdowns give way to guitar melodies that shimmer like an aria from Hell's finest murder-choir, dark and lustrous. OCS's drums and bass gallop, plod, sprint and swim with the fluidity of a genetically engineered super-quadrathlete -- as if the possibility of stopping to take a deep breath has never occurred to them. The natural, flowing motion between hardcore's inborn ferocity and punk's nervous energy is just as essential to the band as the instruments themselves. Our City Skyline realizes that without passion, sincerity and an uncompromising work ethic, all of the musicianship in the world is worthless. With their newest release, "Bankrupt", OCS has pushed at their own musical boundaries, and now seeks to push their physical bo
